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Physical Atlas with coloured maps, showing the geographical distribution of plants...
Catalogue reference: CO 700/CANADA138
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This record is about the Physical Atlas with coloured maps, showing the geographical distribution of plants... dating from 1880 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans: Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- CO 700/CANADA138
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1880
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Description (What the record is about)
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Physical Atlas with coloured maps, showing the geographical distribution of plants yielding food, climates, flora, soils, regions of summer rains, geological formations, and hydrography of the Dominion of Canada. By J. Beaufort Hurlbert, M.A., LL.D. Ottawa.
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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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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3476453/
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CO 700
Colonial Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans: Series I
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: CO
Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices,...
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Within the series: CO 700
Colonial Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans: Series I
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Physical Atlas with coloured maps, showing the geographical distribution of plants...
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