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(1) 'South Africa, Compiled from all the available official authorities in the Surv...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/692
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This record is about the (1) 'South Africa, Compiled from all the available official authorities in the Surv... dating from 1857 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPH 1/692
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1857
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(1) 'South Africa, Compiled from all the available official authorities in the Surv r Gen l & Royal Engineer Offices Cape of Good Hope... by Henry Hall R.E.D.'. Map of the continent of Africa as far north as 16°S. Reference table. Scale not stated: latitudes and longitudes shown; calculated as 1 inch to about 50 miles. The title includes a list of authorities consulted (the area north of 20°S is 'from Dr. Livingston'). The assistance of the Colonial Secretary, R W Rawson, in giving Hall access to official documents, is acknowledged. Dedicated to Sir George Grey, KCB. Engraved and printed by J A Crew, 8 Shortmarket Street, Cape Town. Endorsed: 'Rec d March 1858'. (2) Table of distances and bearings between principal towns in Cape Colony, British Kaffraria, the Sovereignty [Orange Free State], Natal and the Transvaal Republic; lists principal towns with dates of foundation. Compiled by Henry Hall, October 1857. Printed by Saul Solomon & Co, Steam Printing Office, Cape Town.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- WO 78/454
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- Public Record(s)
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- map: 70 cm x 82 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 205
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562499/
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