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1 item (originally illustrating a report by Harry Parkes on the progress of the Satsuma...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/1084
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This record is about the 1 item (originally illustrating a report by Harry Parkes on the progress of the Satsuma... dating from 1877 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 1/1084
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1877
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1 item (originally illustrating a report by Harry Parkes on the progress of the Satsuma rebellion, 19 March 1877) extracted from FO 46/217 (folio 144). Japan: Kyushu. 'Map of the neighbourhood of Kumamoto': showing towns, rivers, mountains and roads; (the territory covered is now in Fukuoka, Kumamoto and Saga prefectures); in Japanese. Key. Scale: 6 bu to 1 ri [approximately 1 inch to 3.5 miles]. Compass indicator. Produced by Tadataka Ino; published by Shushu-Kan. Inset: plan of the town and castle of Kumamoto; compass indicator. MS additions, coloured, marking [old] provincial boundaries, and rendering the title, place names and key into English; MS key to rebel strongholds.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- 52 cm x 34 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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