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1 item extracted from CO 417/232. Southern Africa. 'Map of Barotse kingdom': showing...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/839
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from CO 417/232. Southern Africa. 'Map of Barotse kingdom': showing... dating from 1897 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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- MFQ 1/839
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1897
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from CO 417/232. Southern Africa. 'Map of Barotse kingdom': showing the limits of the kingdom as claimed by [King] Lewanika, tribes within the kingdom, the boundary (in yellow) between territory under British influence and the Congo Free State (now Democratic Republic of Congo), and the route followed by Major H Goold-Adams, 1896-1897; also showing rivers, towns and marshland; (the territory covered is now in Zambia and Angola). Reference table. Drawn by E A Reeves; lithographed and published by the Intelligence Division, War Office, October 1897. MS amendments, coloured to [? Goold-Adams's] route.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- IDWO 1284
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 45 cm x 62 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:2000000
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3983860/
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