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1 item (originally enclosed in [despatch] number 48, 15 August 1896) extracted from...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/413
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This record is about the 1 item (originally enclosed in [despatch] number 48, 15 August 1896) extracted from... dating from 1887-1896 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 1/413
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1887-1896
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (originally enclosed in [despatch] number 48, 15 August 1896) extracted from FO 63/1317. Portuguese East Africa (now Mozambique). 'Projecto de Ampliacao da Cidade de Lourenço Marques [now Maputo]': map, in Portuguese, of the projected layout of the town, showing named buildings, streets and the former routes of foot tracks. Scale: 1 inch to about 56 yards. Compass star. Compiled by Colonel Antonio Juan de Aranjo, December 1887; lithographed by A W Capien; printed by the Argus Printing Co, Ltd. MS additions, coloured, in English, showing the approximate limits of a swamp and the progress of the construction works in the town, including areas paved and not yet paved, and the sites of the English church and the British and German consulates; extensive MS reference notes; additions by Roger Casement, [British] Consul, Lourenço Marques, 1896.
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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 Portuguese
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 102 cm x 152 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Lithographed, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 1894
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559440/
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