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1 item (from Papers relative to the Niger Expedition) extracted from CO 2/24. 'The...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/318
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This record is about the 1 item (from Papers relative to the Niger Expedition) extracted from CO 2/24. 'The... dating from 1843 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 1/318
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1843
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1 item (from Papers relative to the Niger Expedition) extracted from CO 2/24. 'The River Niger shewing the course of the Expedition under Captain Trotter in 1841'. With the West African coast and hinterland from 3°W to the River Gabon. Inset: 'The Lower Course of the River Niger as far as it was ascended in the Expedition under Captn. Trotter R.N. 1841'. Scale: 1 inch to about 52.5 miles. Published by John Arrowsmith, 17 Apr 1843.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- 62 cm x 50 cm
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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), entry 261
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3981007/
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