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IDWO 1085. 'The Italian Sphere of Influence in Africa': map. Coloured additions made...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/344
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This record is about the IDWO 1085. 'The Italian Sphere of Influence in Africa': map. Coloured additions made... dating from 1895-1897 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- FO 925/344
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1895-1897
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IDWO 1085. 'The Italian Sphere of Influence in Africa': map. Coloured additions made in November 1895 show Abyssinian boundaries as occupied and as claimed by Note of 10 April 1891, proposed new Somali frontier, and boundary of French Protectorate. Reference table to boundaries. Lithographed at the War Office, January 1895. Enclosed in Mr Rodd's despatch of 18 May 1897. The additions suggest that this map was to serve as model for a later printing.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- 1:4000000
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- Lithographed
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 759. Archival reference erroneously omitted.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3816936/
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