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1 item extracted from CO 2/15. West Africa. 'No. 2 Continuation [from MPG 1/314]...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/315
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from CO 2/15. West Africa. 'No. 2 Continuation [from MPG 1/314]... dating from 1825 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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- MPG 1/315
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1825
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from CO 2/15. West Africa. 'No. 2 Continuation [from MPG 1/314] of the track of African Mission under Captn. Clapperton on board H.M. Ship Brazen, Captn. Willis, from Sierra Leone to Badagry between the 27th of October & 29th Nov. 1825'. The chart continues as far as Cape Lopez, and shows ship's track and place names. There are notes on the chart about the boarding of slave ships on the voyage, about the overland routes followed by slave traders, and about the relations between the various African kingdoms. Scale: 1 inch to about 65 miles. Compass rose. By Robert Pearce, Capt RN; drawn to accompany his report of November 1825.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 32 cm x 70 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 258
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3981004/
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