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2 items extracted from CO 87/2. (1) 'The entrance of the River Casamanza [now Casamance,...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/1026
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This record is about the 2 items extracted from CO 87/2. (1) 'The entrance of the River Casamanza [now Casamance,... dating from 1829 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 1/1026
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829
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2 items extracted from CO 87/2. (1) 'The entrance of the River Casamanza [now Casamance, in Senegal] by Commander T. Boteler 1829'. Notes on navigation and survey. Scale: 1 inch to about 1.25 miles. Compass indicator. (2) 'The Rivers Gambia [in The Gambia] and Casamanza [now Casamance, in Senegal] by Captain T. Boteler, R.N. 1829'. The map shows estuaries, soundings, positions of mud or sand banks and place names and includes the coast between the two rivers. Lines of latitude and longitude given; longitude measured from Bathurst (now Banjul, The Gambia). Dimensions: (1) 26 cm x 33 cm; (2) 35 cm x 31 cm.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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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 2221
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