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1 item (enclosure in Admiralty letter dated 14 November 1848) extracted from FO 84/749....
Catalogue reference: MPK 1/307
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This record is about the 1 item (enclosure in Admiralty letter dated 14 November 1848) extracted from FO 84/749.... dating from 1848 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPK 1/307
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1848
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (enclosure in Admiralty letter dated 14 November 1848) extracted from FO 84/749. West Africa. Outline map of the area from Cape Verde to Great Fish Bay (now Tigres Bay, Angola), showing the extent of lagoons between the mouth of the River Volta and Loango (now Chiloango) Bay, and the track between Cabinda and Lobito by which slaves were driven on foot. Scale: 1 inch to about 140 miles. Traced from an Admiralty Chart.
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 51 cm x 64 cm
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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 264
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3980328/
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