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Egypt: 'Canal de l'Isthme de Suez'. Map shows passing places on the Suez Canal, lights,...

Catalogue reference: FO 925/3001

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This record is about the Egypt: 'Canal de l'Isthme de Suez'. Map shows passing places on the Suez Canal, lights,... dating from 1879 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
FO 925/3001
Date
1879
Description

Egypt: 'Canal de l'Isthme de Suez'. Map shows passing places on the Suez Canal, lights, other canals, railways, roads, camps, ruins, pyramids, ancient buildings. Border of crescent and star, pyramids, sphinxes, other antiquities. Scale: 1 inch to about 6 miles. Inset: world sea routes and cables. Engraved by Erhard Schièble. Printed by Monrocq, Paris. Published by Lanée, Paris.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Dimensions
43 cm x 57 cm
Physical condition
Engraved, coloured
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Administrative / biographical background
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 514
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3819365/

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