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1 item extracted from CO 417/309. Southern Africa. Map of the Barotse Kingdom (territory...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/942
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from CO 417/309. Southern Africa. Map of the Barotse Kingdom (territory... 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 1/942
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Date (When the record was created)
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1897
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from CO 417/309. Southern Africa. Map of the Barotse Kingdom (territory now in Zambia and Angola), showing its limits, as claimed by [King] Lewanika, nations within the kingdom, and the route followed by Major H Gould-Adams, 1896-1897. Reference table. Drawn by E A Reeves; published by the Intelligence Division, War Office, October 1897. MS addition, coloured, marking a land concession made by Lewanika to the British South Africa Company.
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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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Language (The language of the record)
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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)
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45 cm x 62 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
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1:2000000
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Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3983963/
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MFQ 1
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1 item extracted from CO 417/309. Southern Africa. Map of the Barotse Kingdom (territory...
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