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4 maps and sketches of False Bay, the Olifants River and the Groot Berg River (all...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1297
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This record is about the 4 maps and sketches of False Bay, the Olifants River and the Groot Berg River (all... dating from 1803 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 1/1297
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1803
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Description (What the record is about)
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4 maps and sketches of False Bay, the Olifants River and the Groot Berg River (all now in Western Cape province, South Africa). Detailed descriptions are given at item level. Forwarded [to the War Office] by Major William Kersteman, Commanding Royal Engineers; received June 1803.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/2506
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4560324/
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MR 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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