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3 items extracted from CO 267/18. Senegal: Gorée Island. (1) 'Plan of Gorée taken...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/574
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This record is about the 3 items extracted from CO 267/18. Senegal: Gorée Island. (1) 'Plan of Gorée taken... dating from 1758-1779 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 1/574
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1758-1779
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Description (What the record is about)
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3 items extracted from CO 267/18. Senegal: Gorée Island. (1) 'Plan of Gorée taken Dec 29th 1758 by a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships commanded by the Honble Augustus Keppel', showing defences, buildings, and 'negro' area. Scale: 1 inch to 200 feet. Compass indicator. (2) Elevation as observed from the point marked 'A' on the plan. No scale shown. 26 cm x 56 cm. (3) Elevation as observed from the point marked 'B' on the plan. No scale shown. The plan and views are endorsed as being enclosures to Lord Macleod's despatch of 10 May 1779 although the despatch mentions the views only. Dimensions of sheets: (1) 34 cm x 49 cm; (2) 26 cm x 56 cm.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The plans are bound into the portfolio in the order 1, 3, 2.
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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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- 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 2226
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3981263/
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