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South Africa: 'Colony of Natal compiled in the Surveyor General's Office and furnished...
Catalogue reference: CO 700/NATAL17
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This record is about the South Africa: 'Colony of Natal compiled in the Surveyor General's Office and furnished... dating from 1883 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/NATAL17
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1883
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Description (What the record is about)
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South Africa: 'Colony of Natal compiled in the Surveyor General's Office and furnished by P.C. Sutherland, Esq. Survr. Genl [Surveyor General]'. Map shows roads; railways opened, under construction, and proposed; and coal-bearing area in the north of the colony. Incomplete reference table to location of minerals. Scale: 1 inch to about 8.25 geographical miles. Inset: a section along the main road from the Drakensburg at Van Reenen Pass to the sea at Bluff Point, Port Natal. Stanford's Geographical Establishment. [1883]: date added in pencil. There are five versions of the map.
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 51 cm x 88 cm
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- Printed, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- International
- Maps and plans
- Coal
- Africa
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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 2914
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3477205/
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CO 700
Colonial Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans: Series I
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