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Cape Colony. 'Plan of the Eastern Coast of the Cape of Good Hope extending from Cape...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1305
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MR 1/1305
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1816
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Description (What the record is about)
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Cape Colony. 'Plan of the Eastern Coast of the Cape of Good Hope extending from Cape L'Aguillas [i.e. Cape Agulhas] to the Eastern Extremity of Zwartkops or Algoa Bay': map (of territory now in Western and Eastern Cape provinces, South Africa). Scale: 1 inch to about 800 Rhineland roods [1 inch to almost 2 miles]. Compass indicator. [Copied from a map] surveyed by the Dutch colonial government, 1789-1790; this copy signed by Captain Henry Smart, Commanding Royal Engineer, 4 April 1816.
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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 78/927
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 90 cm x 376 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- 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 2471
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4560332/
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