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Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds: Papers
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/32
Date: 1661-1717
By far the greater part of this collection consists of certain official records of the administration, as Lord High Treasurer (from June 1673...
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East Africa. 'Voyage à la Côte Orientale d'Afrique, éxécute pendant les années 1846,...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/474
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- FO 925/474
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1846-1851
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East Africa. 'Voyage à la Côte Orientale d'Afrique, éxécute pendant les années 1846, 1847 et 1848 par le brick le Ducouëdic sous le commandement de M Guillain, Capitaine de frégate. Publié par ordre du Gouvernement'. Album of 54 French Admiralty charts and views of ports and other points along the east coast executed between 1846-1848 by the brig Ducouedic under the command of Captain M Guillain. With illustrations of towns, ships, indigenous people (showing traditional dress), implements, architecture. One reference table. Compass indicators. Maps engraved; drawings lithographed and tinted. Lithographed by Messrs Bayot, E Cïceri, J Jacottet, Sabatier and C Vogt after Messrs Caraguel and Bridet, Enseignes de Vaisseau. Arthus Bertrand, Editeur. Printed by Mme Bouchard-Huzard, Paris. Published in 1851. For items extracted from this piece see MPK 1/448.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- French
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- 53 cm x 45 cm
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- Engraved, 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 114
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Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans
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