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IDWO 1406. 'Map showing the Route of Mombasa-Victoria Nyanza (Uganda) Railway'. Manuscript...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/346
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- FO 925/346
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1899-?1900
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Description (What the record is about)
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IDWO 1406. 'Map showing the Route of Mombasa-Victoria Nyanza (Uganda) Railway'. Manuscript additions show routes originally suggested by Captain Macdonald, tracks explored, tsetse fly region, part of the Uganda-Kenya boundary, and new railway route to Port Florence (Kisumu). Reference table to routes. Inset of section. April 1899.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 60 cm x 83 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:1000000
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Printed, coloured
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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 1202
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3816938/
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Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans
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