Item
See WO 78/2420/1-6 and WO 78/2420/7-8
Catalogue reference: WO 78/2420/1
See WO 78/2420/1-6 and WO 78/2420/7-8
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New Zealand: 'Sketch Map of Coast Country from Wanganui and Waitotara River'. Sketch...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/5718
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This record is about the New Zealand: 'Sketch Map of Coast Country from Wanganui and Waitotara River'. Sketch... dating from 1865 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 78/5718
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1865
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Description (What the record is about)
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New Zealand: 'Sketch Map of Coast Country from Wanganui and Waitotara River'. Sketch map shows Wanganui and Waitotara rivers, tributary streams, terrain, vegetation, Wanganui town, British and Maori settlements, British and Maori military positions, roads. Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile. Compass indicator. By H C Field, Surveyor, Wanganui. Signed by Lieutenant Colonel D J Gamble, Deputy Quarter Master General, New Zealand. Lithographed at the Topographical Depot of the War Office, under the Superintendence of Lieutenant Colonel A C Cooke, Royal Engineers, Colonel Sir Henry James, Royal Engineers, FRS, Director, 1865. Inked annotation in the upper right margin reads: 'Model for Coloring JGK'. Formerly in the War Office map library, under reference: 'Oceania B 12C'.
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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)
- No. of sheets: 1
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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)
- 60 cm x 32 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Lithographed, some colour
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3274659/
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