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1 item extracted from FO 102/104. Three maps on one sheet. (1) 'Projected Inland...
Catalogue reference: MPK 1/11
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from FO 102/104. Three maps on one sheet. (1) 'Projected Inland... dating from 1874 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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MPK 1/11
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1874
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1 item extracted from FO 102/104. Three maps on one sheet. (1) 'Projected Inland Sea': map of area between Biscara and the Gulf of Gabes, showing the Shatt Rhasa, Shatt El Djerid and Mel Rir Sellem; Algeria-Tunis boundary (modern area of Algeria and Tunisia around the Chott el Rharsa, the Chott Djerid, the Chott Melrhir, and the river El Hamma north of Gabes). (2) 'Map of the Island of Gerba' (now Djerba, Tunisia), also showing the adjacent mainland. (3) 'Map of the Regency of Tunis and Algiers'. Drawn by Richard Wood to illustrate 'Notes on the projected Inland Sea in Africa', enclosed in his despatch no 53 of 9 November 1874 from Tunis.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entries 3378 and 3386.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3980032/
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