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Sierra Leone, Guinea. 'Map of Sierra Leone and Neighbouring Territories ...': showing...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/448
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This record is about the Sierra Leone, Guinea. 'Map of Sierra Leone and Neighbouring Territories ...': showing... dating from 1886-[1892] in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various.... 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)
- MPHH 1/448
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1886-[1892]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Sierra Leone, Guinea. 'Map of Sierra Leone and Neighbouring Territories ...': showing villages, towns, roads, rivers, districts and coloured relief. Scale: 1 inch to 8 miles. Intelligence Branch 592: compiled by J G Kelly, Intelligence Branch, War Office, 1886; photozincographed at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton,1886. MS colouring; town of Tambi underlined in pencil. Overlay: [?Mr Ingellas, Tambi... M K 21/3]; on dorse: Captain [M] Nathan, [Royal Engineers]. Tambi was attacked by the British in 1892.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- F 401
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/2164
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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)
- IB 592
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 67 cm x 102 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:506880
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Photozincographed, coloured; with coloured MS additions
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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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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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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 2278
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561552/
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