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Morocco: 'Road sketch in Marocco, shewing the routes of the British Mission to the...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/540
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- FO 925/540
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1887
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Description (What the record is about)
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Morocco: 'Road sketch in Marocco, shewing the routes of the British Mission to the Sultan's Court at Marocco; by Lieutenant W A Boulnois R A, 1887'. Sketch map shows places where the Mission camped, forests, wells, tanks, districts, provinces (with boundaries), saints' houses, forts, ruins, anchorages and markets (with days). Compass indicator. Insets: plan of Rabat and Sallee [Sala]; and views in Morocco. Signed by Lieutenant W A Boulnois, Royal Artillery, 2 October 1887. Filed with the map is a report on the routes (describing roads, towns, villages, water, country, rivers and mountains), signed by Boulnois, 4 October 1887.
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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)
- 59 cm x 61 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:633600
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- MS, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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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 1758
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3817129/
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