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3 items extracted from FO 6/406. (1) and (3) 2 copies of a map of Argentina showing...
Catalogue reference: MPKK 1/62
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This record is about the 3 items extracted from FO 6/406. (1) and (3) 2 copies of a map of Argentina showing... dating from 1888 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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- 1888
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3 items extracted from FO 6/406. (1) and (3) 2 copies of a map of Argentina showing the terrain, pasture and uncultivated lands, colonies and railways (open, projected and under construction). Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to about 60 miles. Lithographed by E Weller, London; published by Street and Co, London. 2 insets: map of South America, showing isotherms for Argentina, 1888; map of England and Wales. Endorsed with a short description of Argentina, including details of its political organisation, agriculture, industries, commerce, revenue and expenditure, railways, education etc, to the end of 1887; also endorsed with a map of Buenos Aires harbour works. (2) Map of Argentina showing boundaries, territories, pasture lands, unclutivated lands, and railways. Scale: 1 inch to about 210 miles. Reference table. Lithographed by E Weller, London; published by the Information Office of the Argentine Republic. Inset: map of South America. Dimensions; (1) and (3) each 96 cm x 64 cm; (2) 31 cm x 18 cm.
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