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1 item (originally enclosed in Mr Alcock's confidential despatch of 16 August 1861)...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/376
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This record is about the 1 item (originally enclosed in Mr Alcock's confidential despatch of 16 August 1861)... dating from [c.1860] 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 1/376
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c.1860]
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (originally enclosed in Mr Alcock's confidential despatch of 16 August 1861) extracted from FO 46/13. Japan. Map of Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku, showing the territories and capital cities of each of the 143 daimyo (feudal rulers). Reference table and notes, in Japanese. Scale: 1 inch to about 13 miles (calculated). Compass roses. MS additions transliterating place names into the Roman alphabet.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English and Japanese
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- 73 cm x 155 cm
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- MS, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559403/
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MR 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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