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Affidavit describing the uprising of enslaved people onboard the Bedford
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Zanzibar Sheet: South B36-37/C36-37 GSGS 2871
Catalogue reference: WO 300/37
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This record is about the Zanzibar Sheet: South B36-37/C36-37 GSGS 2871 dating from Jul 1927 (Date base map issued) in the series War Office: Geographical Section General Staff: War of 1914-1918: West, South-West.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 300/37
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Date (When the record was created)
- Jul 1927 (Date base map issued)
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Description (What the record is about)
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Zanzibar Sheet: South B36-37/C36-37 GSGS 2871
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 1:2 000 000 Production: compiled/produced: Compiled at GSGS/drawn and printed at WO/published at WO With trace on linen attached of country east of Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika. MS note "From proof lent by MI4 20/2/39. Sheet now named TANGANYIKA".
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3505823/
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WO 300
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