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IB 562. Guyana:reduced copy of 'Map of British Guiana constructed from the Surveys...

Catalogue reference: FO 925/1290

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Reference
FO 925/1290
Date
1881-1886
Description

IB 562. Guyana:reduced copy of 'Map of British Guiana constructed from the Surveys and Routes of Captn. Schomburgk, and other documents in the possession of the Colonial Department'. Shows the boundary between British Guiana and Venezuela which the British Government was prepared to accept: it accompanied the draft sent by Lord Granville to M de Rojas, Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs, on 15 September 1881. Lithographed at the Intelligence Branch, War Office, June 1886. Original drawn at the Military Depôt, Quarter Master Generals Office, Horse Guards, by L J Hebert, April 1842.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical condition
Lithographed
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Administrative / biographical background
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 4320
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3817859/

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