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1 item (originally enclosed with the report of the expedition sent to install Cetewayo...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/94
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This record is about the 1 item (originally enclosed with the report of the expedition sent to install Cetewayo... dating from 1873 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MR 1/94
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1873
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (originally enclosed with the report of the expedition sent to install Cetewayo as King of the Zulu nation) extracted from CO 179/114. 'Route of the Hon T. Shepstone Secty for Native Affairs and Ambassador Extraordinary to the Zulu Nation and his Natal Volunteer Escort from Natal to Zululand July, Augst & Septr 1873, observed and drawn by T. Baines F.R.G.S. (Artist & Geographer Durban Volunteer Artillery). Assisted by information from Major Durnford R.E., Bishop Schreuder of the Norwegian Mission, Mr. Taylor of Tongaat and Sketches of Surveys kindly lent by Mr. Robarts of Verulam and Dr P C Sutherland, Surveyor General of Natal': map (of territory now in KwaZulu/Natal province, South Africa). Extensive reference notes concerning the progress of the party, including the distances covered and calculations of its positions; comments on earlier surveys. Scale: 3 inches to about 10 miles.
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 120 cm x 93 cm
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- MS, coloured, on tracing cloth
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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 2902
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559121/
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