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Catalogue reference: MR 1/1771/12
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1 item extracted from FO 141/664/8. ['Sinai Peninsula 1:250,000']: map consisting...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/2049
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from FO 141/664/8. ['Sinai Peninsula 1:250,000']: map consisting... dating from 1915-[1919] 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MR 1/2049
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1915-[1919]
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from FO 141/664/8. ['Sinai Peninsula 1:250,000']: map consisting of 4 joined sheets, together covering the area (now in Israel and the Occupied Territories, Egypt, and Jordan) between Port Said, the Dead Sea, Aqaba and the Gulf of Suez, showing relief, waterways and settlements. Reference tables; indexes to sheets. Produced at the War Office, March 1915. MS additions, in coloured pencil, showing the Sinai boundary between Egypt and the Ottoman Empire, as proposed in a memorandum by Lieutenant Colonel A C Parker, 27 February 1919.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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The title is taken from another copy of the map, in four separate sheets and lacking the MS additions, for which see FO 925/41047
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- GSGS 2761
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 102 cm x 128.5 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:250000
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Printed
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561076/
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