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1 item extracted from FO 371/5301. 'Map of China shewing Railways and Cables': marking...
Catalogue reference: MPK 1/339
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from FO 371/5301. 'Map of China shewing Railways and Cables': marking... dating from [1921] 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 1/339
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1921]
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from FO 371/5301. 'Map of China shewing Railways and Cables': marking railways open to traffic, under construction and under discussion by foreign consortiums; also showing the boundaries with and parts of the railway systems in Burma (now also Myanmar, Korea, Mongolia and Tonkin (now part of Vietnam). Reference table; notes on the dates and place names of the first trains. Printed by Ordnance Survey 1921. Insets: 'Sketch Map of Manchuria', scale: 1 inch to 115 miles; 'Sketch Map showing Railway Connections around Peking', scale: 1:200,000.
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 71 cm x 89 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:5000000
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3980360/
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MPK 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the Foreign Office
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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