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2 items extracted from CO 167/66. Mauritius: Port Louis. 2 maps. (1) 'Plan Général...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/754
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This record is about the 2 items extracted from CO 167/66. Mauritius: Port Louis. 2 maps. (1) 'Plan Général... dating from 1812 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 1/754
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1812
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2 items extracted from CO 167/66. Mauritius: Port Louis. 2 maps. (1) 'Plan Général de la Ville de Port Louis Ile Maurice ... relatif a l'Embellissement de la Ville ...'. List of fountains to be established in the east of the town; reference notes on planned improvements, including trees to be planted in the Champ de Mars. Oval cartouche, with a rectangular frame, containing the title. Scale: 1 inch to 24 toises. Made by order of Governor R T Farquhar, July 1812. (2) 'Carte du cours du Canal projetté depuis la Rivière du Tombeau jusq'au Port Louis ...': showing a planned canal between Port Louis and the River Tombeau. Reference table to fountains to be established at crossroads in the east part of the town. Circular cartouche, containing the title. Scale: 1 inch to about 46 toises. Compass indicator. [By] Gastambide, Government Civil Architect, July 1812. Insets: plans and elevations of proposed aqueducts on the River des Lataniers, River Seche and River de la Terre Rouge; plan, elevation and section of a reservoir to be built in the Rue de Touraine. Dimensions: (1) 147 cm x 179 cm; (2) 61 cm x 178 cm.
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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)
- French
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- MS, coloured
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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), entries 1613-1614
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