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5 items (all originally accompanying a letter to 'His Excellency the Administrator')...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/967
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This record is about the 5 items (all originally accompanying a letter to 'His Excellency the Administrator')... dating from 1838-1876 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 1/967
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1838-1876
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Description (What the record is about)
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5 items (all originally accompanying a letter to 'His Excellency the Administrator') extracted from CO 107/1. 5 maps and sketches illustrating the boundaries of Griqualand West (now in Northern Cape Province, South Africa). (1) Map illustrating lines made by A Kok and N Waterboer in 1838 and by A Kok and Cornelis Kok in 1846. The map shows principal towns and rivers, borders, and highland areas. No scale shown.[By] Francis Orpen, Surveyor General. (2) Sketch map of Griqualand West and adjoining territory. The map bears a note detailing district divisions, towns, rivers, highland areas and the 'Vetberg Line'. Scale: 1 inch to 10 miles. [By] Francis H S Orpen F[ellow of the ] R[oyal G[eographical] S[ociety]; C W Hutton; and J M Gilfillan. (3) and (4) Sketch diagrams of boundary lines. No scale shown. [By] Francis H S Orpen F[ellow of the ] R[oyal] G[eographical] S[ociety]. (5) Sketch of 'Cornelis Kok country' claimed by the Free State Government, showing boundary lines, principal towns, rivers, acreages, highland areas. Compass indicator. No scale shown. [By] Francis H S Orpen F[ellow of the ] R[oyal] G[eographical] S[ociety].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The portfolio containing these maps was noted as missing on 7 October 1983.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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