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Area now in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe. Map in four sheets from Paul...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/384
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This record is about the Area now in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe. Map in four sheets from Paul... dating from 1894-1896 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- FO 925/384
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1894-1896
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Description (What the record is about)
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Area now in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe. Map in four sheets from Paul Langhan's Deutscher Kolonial Atlas (numbers 15-18). 'Südwest-Afrikanisches Schutzgebiet in 4 Blättern ... von Paul Langhans': maps show political divisions, nature of terrain, mission stations, railways, explorers' journeys, local government and district boundaries, colonial troops. Reference tables. Insets: a number of areas under German rule. Drawn by C Barich. Published by Justus Perthes, Gotha. January 1894-June 1896.
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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)
- German
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 34 cm x 41 cm
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- 1:2000000
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- Lithographed, coloured
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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 2460
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3816976/
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