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2 items (enclosures to South Africa despatch number 57, 6 February 1892) extracted...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/752
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This record is about the 2 items (enclosures to South Africa despatch number 57, 6 February 1892) extracted... dating from 1892 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 1/752
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Date (When the record was created)
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1892
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Description (What the record is about)
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2 items (enclosures to South Africa despatch number 57, 6 February 1892) extracted from CO 417/74 (folios 128-129). British Bechuanaland (now part of Northern Cape Province, South Africa); German South-West Africa (now Namibia). 2 sketch maps of the district of Mier and surrounding areas. (1) Map of the part of British Bechuanaland between the Orange River and Rietfontein, showing the Molopo River, named land divisions, surveying markers (including trigonometrical stations), and the boundaries with the Bechuanaland Protectorate (now Botswana) and German South-West Africa. Reference note on surveying markers. Scale: 1 inch to about 4.6 miles. (2) Map of the area between the Orange River and about 25°50'S, showing the limits of the land, west of the Molopo River, claimed by Chief David Vilander (or Philander), also showing lakes, water courses, farms, wood and stone beacons, and place names. Scale: 1 inch to about 2,000 roods. Dimensions: (1) 121 cm x 53 cm; (2) 161 cm x 95 cm. Originally accompanying correspondence concerning the form of government to be adopted in the district of Mier and in that part of Vilander's country under British jurisdiction.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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English
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MS, coloured; (1) on tracing cloth; (2) on linen
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Open Document, Open Description
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