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1 item (originally enclosed with a letter from Barao K Furuichi, president of the...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/1226
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This record is about the 1 item (originally enclosed with a letter from Barao K Furuichi, president of the... dating from [1928] 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 1/1226
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1928]
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (originally enclosed with a letter from Barao K Furuichi, president of the World Engineering Congress, to the British Ambassador, Tokyo, September 1928) extracted from FO 262/1701. Japan. 'Map Showing the Routes of Excursions': showing the routes from between Matsushima (near Sendai) and Nagasaki, organized by the Imperial Japanese Government for the World Engineering Congress, October - November 1929. Reference table. Compass indicator. Produced by the Japanese Government to illustrate a booklet on the Congress. Furuichi's letter also contained an invitation form for the Congress.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- 15 cm x 34 cm
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- 1:5000000
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- Open Document, Open Description
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