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1 item (originally illustrating a report on the development of trade between southern...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/834
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- MR 1/834
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1932
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (originally illustrating a report on the development of trade between southern Abyssinia and Kenya) extracted from CO 533/430/6 (folio 33). East Africa. Map of Kenya, southern Abyssinia (now Ethiopia), southern French Somaliland (now Djibouti), and the western portions of British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland (together now comprising Somalia), showing boundaries, railways, roads, tracks and the distances between settlements; also showing British and Italian consulates and trading posts, and Italian medical posts in Abyssinia. Reference table. [By] G Reece, Acting British Consul, Mega, 1 December 1932.
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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
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 94 cm x 87 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:2000000
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Dyeline print, with MS colouring
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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 794. Archival reference erroneously printed as CO 533/430/8
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559861/
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