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4 items extracted from CO 179/71. Natal (now part of Kwazulu-Natal Province, South...
Catalogue reference: MPGG 1/3
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This record is about the 4 items extracted from CO 179/71. Natal (now part of Kwazulu-Natal Province, South... dating from 1864 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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- MPGG 1/3
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1864
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4 items extracted from CO 179/71. Natal (now part of Kwazulu-Natal Province, South Africa). 4 maps. (1) 'No. 1. Sketch map of Natal shewing the aboriginal tribes and the lands occupied by them previous to 1812; at which date their disturbance by the Chief Chaka commenced'. MS, coloured, on tracing cloth. (2) 'No. 2. Sketch Map of Natal': showing rivers, principal towns and the positions of native peoples. MS, coloured, on linen. (3) Copy of (1). Lithographed. (4) Copy of (2). Lithographed, coloured. Reference tables to native peoples. Scale: 1 inch to 6 miles. (3)-(4) lithographed by Edward Weller, Red Lion Square. Dimensions: (1) 104 cm x 77 cm; (2) 104 cm x 78 cm; (3)-(4) each 100 cm x 68 cm. (1) and (2) originally enclosures number 3 and 4 in Lieutenant Governor Scott's despatch number 12, 26 February 1864.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- MPG 663
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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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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:380160
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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 2898-2899.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3980557/
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