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Sudan. 2 items. (2) 'Suakin [Sawakin] and Defences': map showing works abandoned...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/262
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 78/262
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1886-1888
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Description (What the record is about)
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Sudan. 2 items. (2) 'Suakin [Sawakin] and Defences': map showing works abandoned and destroyed, and points connected by telegraph lines. Compass indicator. Traced from IB [Intelligence Branch] 413 (with corrections) by Company Sergeant Major J McPherson, Royal Engineers; signed by Major A O Green, Royal Engineers, 1 April 1886; various additions and corrections to 20 February 1888. (1) Reference table to defence works and armaments is filed with the map.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:11445
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured, on tracing cloth
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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), entry 3289
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3269198/
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