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1 item (enclosure to Gold Coast despatch number 16, 24 January 1882) extracted from...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/418
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This record is about the 1 item (enclosure to Gold Coast despatch number 16, 24 January 1882) extracted from... dating from 1881 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 1/418
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Date (When the record was created)
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1881
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (enclosure to Gold Coast despatch number 16, 24 January 1882) extracted from CO 96/137. Gold Coast (now Ghana). 'Map shewing Roads, Rivers & Villages through Essecumah, West and East Akim, New Jaubin [New Juaben, now Koforidua] and Aquapim [Akwapim] as per His Excellency Governor in Chief's Order, No. 641': also showing the nature of the terrain. Scale: 1 inch to 2 miles. Compass indicator. [By] Brandon Kirby, Assistant Inspector, Gold Coast Constabulary, 30 August 1881.
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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)
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English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
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146 cm x 111 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
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1:126720
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
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MS, coloured, on tracing cloth
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Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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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 917
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559445/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from records of various departments
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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