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South Africa, Natal. IDWO 1449. 'Sketch map of country round Ladysmith': shows contours,...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/285
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- FO 925/285
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1899
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Description (What the record is about)
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South Africa, Natal. IDWO 1449. 'Sketch map of country round Ladysmith': shows contours, terrain, farms, buildings, redoubts, railways, telegraph. Compass indicator. Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1899.
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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)
- 38 cm x 50 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:126720
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Heliozincographed
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- 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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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 2972
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3816877/
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Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans
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