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1 item extracted from CO 417/40. 'Matabeleland as claimed by Lobengula in his letter...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/1150
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from CO 417/40. 'Matabeleland as claimed by Lobengula in his letter... dating from 1890 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 1/1150
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1890
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from CO 417/40. 'Matabeleland as claimed by Lobengula in his letter to the Queen, and as described by him to [E.A. Maund] in... discussions about his boundaries'. Map showing boundary, disputed territory, proposed route sanctioned by Lobengula for British South Africa Company to Mashonaland (now in Zimbabwe), hills, rivers, roads. Scale: 1 inch to about 47 miles. Signed by E A Maund, Matabeleland, February 1890. Matabeleland is now in Zimbabwe. Printed by Stanford's Geographical Establishment, London, 1890.
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 31 cm x 27 cm
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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 3525
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3981839/
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