Item
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Catalogue reference: WO 78/2420/1
See WO 78/2420/1-6 and WO 78/2420/7-8
Piece
IDWO 1212 (Provisional Issue). 'Map of the Island of Malta', showing contours, roads,...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/3901
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This record is about the IDWO 1212 (Provisional Issue). 'Map of the Island of Malta', showing contours, roads,... dating from 1895-1897 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 78/3901
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1895-1897
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Description (What the record is about)
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IDWO 1212 (Provisional Issue). 'Map of the Island of Malta', showing contours, roads, railways, buildings, place names. Includes a sheet of sections through the island south of Valletta. Reference table and list of errata. Compass indicator. Sketched and compiled in 1895 by Captain E M Woodward, Leicestershire Regiment, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, under the direction of General Sir A J Lyon Fremantle. Triangulation by the Civil Government Surveyor. Coastline from Admiralty charts. Lithographed at the Intelligence Division, War Office, 1897. This piece contains another version of the map, damaged, with coloured manuscript additions showing positions of batteries and their arcs of fire.
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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)
- WO 115
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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)
- 129 cm x 107 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:21120
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Lithographed, coloured
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 2921.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3272845/
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