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Area now in Kenya: Mombasa. Admiralty chart 666. 'Africa, East Coast, Port Mombasa...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/802
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This record is about the Area now in Kenya: Mombasa. Admiralty chart 666. 'Africa, East Coast, Port Mombasa... dating from 1888-1898 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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FO 925/802
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Date (When the record was created)
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1888-1898
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Description (What the record is about)
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Area now in Kenya: Mombasa. Admiralty chart 666. 'Africa, East Coast, Port Mombasa with Ports Kilindini, Reitz and Tudor; surveyed by Commander T F Pullen, R.N. [Royal Navy] ... HMS Stork 1888'. Map shows Admiralty and railway reserve, sandy shelving beach, proposed plot for custom house and anchorage, telegraph land and proposed tramline from Kilindini Harbour to Mombasa Town. Compass roses. Engraved by Davies and Company. Published 30 May 1890. Manuscript reference table. Manuscript additions, 1898. Inscribed: 'Chart accompanying G S Mackenzie's letter of 9:11:98'.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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64 cm x 126 cm
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1:12130
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
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Engraved
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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 1308
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3817381/
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