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1 item (formerly illustrating: 'Notes and Route Observations by M. Munzinger to accompany...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/1410
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- MFQ 1/1410
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1867
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1 item (formerly illustrating: 'Notes and Route Observations by M. Munzinger to accompany his Survey Map of the Roads from Massowah to Kiaguor') extracted from FO 881/1543. North-east Africa. 'Sketch of the Road to Kayahkor 1st March, 1867': map of the area (now in Eritrea) between 38°50'E and 39°40'E and between 15°30'N and 16°N, showing mountains and highlands (with heights in metres, estimated by observing boiling points), rivers and water sources, terrain, cultivated lands, and roads, including Acting Consul William Munziger's route from Massawa to Kayahkor ( Kiaguor, Kajah Kor), south of Asmara. [Drawn] by Munziger; lithographed by Harrison [and Sons], Saint Martin's Lane. MS additions, coloured, highlighting some place names. Originally enclosed in Colonel Merewether's despatch to Lord Stanley, 28 February 1867, as printed in Foreign Office Confidential Print number 1543 (Further Correspondence respecting the British Captives in Abyssinia, March to July 1867), pp 3-5, 30 July 1867. Munziger's original MS map is missing, presumably retained by the printer.
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For Colonel Merewether's original despatch, see FO 1/10
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English
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- 32.5 cm x 32 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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