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1 item (originally enclosed with an Admiralty letter, 2 June 1883) extracted from...
Catalogue reference: MPKK 1/9
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This record is about the 1 item (originally enclosed with an Admiralty letter, 2 June 1883) extracted from... dating from 1881-[1883] 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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- MPKK 1/9
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1881-[1883]
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (originally enclosed with an Admiralty letter, 2 June 1883) extracted from FO 48/41. 'Africa East Coast Delagoa Bay [now Maputo Bay] to Cape Guardafui [now Raas Caseyr, Somaila] including Mozambique Channel and Madagascar with the off-lying Islands and Reefs. Compiled from British and Foreign Government Surveys to 1881'. Compass roses. Engraved by Davies & Co; published at the Admiralty, 21 October 1881. MS additions to Madagascar Island.
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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)
- Admiralty Chart 597
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 137 cm x 67 cm
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- 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 117
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3979961/
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