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Areas now in Kenya, Somalia, and South Sudan. Admiralty chart 848. 'Africa - East...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/816
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FO 925/816
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1824-1901
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Areas now in Kenya, Somalia, and South Sudan. Admiralty chart 848. 'Africa - East Coast. Malindi to Juba Surveyed by Captain A.T.E. Vidal and the Officers of H.M. Surveying Ship Barracouta ... 1824-5'. Size irregular. Scale: 1 inch to about 6 sea miles. Compass roses. Engraved by Davies and Company. Published 14 October 1891. Corrected to November 1892. Manuscript additions show position of W S Wright's Bêche de Mer concession, 1901.
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84 cm x 98 cm
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Engraved
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 1175
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