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Gold Coast (now Ghana). 3 items. (3) Map covering the area between Dunkwa in the...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/637
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 78/637
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1873
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Description (What the record is about)
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Gold Coast (now Ghana). 3 items. (3) Map covering the area between Dunkwa in the north-east and 'Ampanca' (a burned settlement on the coast, west of Elmina) in the south-west, showing the nature of the terrain, place names, routes, and the sites of burned settlements. Scale: 1 inch to 2 miles. Compass indicator. Based on sketches by Captain [G L] Huyshe and Captain [R H] Buller, Deputy Assistant Quartermasters General, assisted by Lieutenants [A F] Hart, [W T] Dooner and [A H] Eyre; compiled by Captain Huyshe and drawn by Captains Huyshe and Buller, Cape Coast Castle, 20 October 1873. Lithographed at the Topographical Depot, War Office, under the direction of Major C W Wilson, Royal Engineers. (1-2) Two copies of the eastern half only of item (3), covering areas north and east of Cape Coast; item (1) also showing the sites of hospitals and halting places on a march made by British troops to the River Pra. Reference table to item (1).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- D 25
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 89 cm x 121 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:126720
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Lithographed
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- 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 907
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3269573/
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