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Mauritius. Three maps on a single sheet. (i) 'Tombeau Bay': showing a redoubt, entrenchment,...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/39
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- WO 78/39
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1863
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Description (What the record is about)
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Mauritius. Three maps on a single sheet. (i) 'Tombeau Bay': showing a redoubt, entrenchment, and batteries. Scale: 1 inch to about 480 yards [1:17,280]. Compass indicator. (ii) Map of Point aux Canonniers, showing fortifications and a quarantine ground. Scale: 1 inch to 300 feet [1:3,600]. Compass indicator. (iii) Detailed plan of the battery at Pointe aux Canonniers. Scale: 1 inch to 60 feet [1:720]. Copied by Lieutenant E Micklem, Royal Engineers, 19 November 1863. An additional note, apparently relating to (i), states: 'Superseded by new Survey by Maj. [E T] Brooke, R.E., in February 1871'; signed by Lieutenant W P Jones, Royal Engineers. Stamped at the Royal Engineers' Office, Mauritius, 14 June 1875.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 45 cm x 27 cm
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- MS, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entries 1544 and 1742
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3268975/
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