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1 item extracted from CO 417/37. 'Justus Perthes Afrika, Sektion Delagoa Bai'. Map...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/1056
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from CO 417/37. 'Justus Perthes Afrika, Sektion Delagoa Bai'. Map... dating from 1889 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 1/1056
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1889
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1 item extracted from CO 417/37. 'Justus Perthes Afrika, Sektion Delagoa Bai'. Map of south east Africa showing steamer routes and undersea cables in an area now comprising Mozambique, the southern part of Madagascar, Rhodesia and Transvaal. Insets: Réunion and Mauritius. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 63 miles (main map); 1:1,000,000 (insets). Drawn by Dr R Lüddecke; printed in Gotha, August 1887. [Sold by] George Philip & Son, Map, Chart and Geographical Depot, 32 Fleet Street, London.
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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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- 60 cm x 72 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 194
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3981745/
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