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1 item (originally enclosure number 1 in Sir R Moor's despatch, 24 December 1898)...
Catalogue reference: MPKK 1/5
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This record is about the 1 item (originally enclosure number 1 in Sir R Moor's despatch, 24 December 1898)... dating from 1896-1897 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPKK 1/5
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1896-1897
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (originally enclosure number 1 in Sir R Moor's despatch, 24 December 1898) extracted from FO 2/180. West Africa. 'Map of the Niger Coast Protectorate [now part of Nigeria] and adjacent territories': showing rivers, creeks, relief and towns. 3rd Provisional Issue: Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, December 1896; revised October 1897; published, on behalf of the War Office, by Edward Stanford. MS additions showing districts.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- IDWO 1135
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 69 cm x 105 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:506880
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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 1990
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3979957/
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