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1 item extracted from CO 417/156 (folio 39). South-West Africa (now Namibia): Hottentot...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/973
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from CO 417/156 (folio 39). South-West Africa (now Namibia): Hottentot... dating from [1894] 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 1/973
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1894]
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1 item extracted from CO 417/156 (folio 39). South-West Africa (now Namibia): Hottentot Bay. Sketch plan showing land claimed by the DePass Spence Company and the site of a guano deposit; also showing the coastline, islands and soundings. Scale: 1 inch to about 1 mile (calculated). Compass indicator. Originally accompanying a letter from V Hoffman and F Cornelius, German South-West African Company, Berlin, 7 December 1894, which was enclosed in a copy of despatch number 1 from Sir Edward Baldwin Malet, Berlin, to the Earl of Kimberley.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English
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- 40 cm x 31 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of various departments held...
6,070 records
Within the series: MFQ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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1 item extracted from CO 417/156 (folio 39). South-West Africa (now Namibia): Hottentot...
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