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Algeria: Oran Province. 'Carte du Sud Oranais (Province d'Oran, feuille sud); dressée...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/104
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This record is about the Algeria: Oran Province. 'Carte du Sud Oranais (Province d'Oran, feuille sud); dressée... dating from 1855-1887 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- FO 925/104
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1855-1887
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Algeria: Oran Province. 'Carte du Sud Oranais (Province d'Oran, feuille sud); dressée au Dépôt de la Guerre en 1855, sous la direction du Colonel Perrier'. Map showing telegraph lines, heliograph stations, railways, trees, rivers. Engraved by Erhard, Paris. Drawn at the Dépôt de la Guerre 1855; published January 1886. Enclosure to Lord Lyons' despatch number 105 of 1 March 1887.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 86 cm x 100 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:400000
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- Printed
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- Open Document, Open Description
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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 365
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3816697/
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Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans
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