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'South Africa, Compiled from all the available official authorities in the Surv r...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/693
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This record is about the 'South Africa, Compiled from all the available official authorities in the Surv r... dating from c 1858 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 1/693
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Date (When the record was created)
- c 1858
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Description (What the record is about)
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'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. The words 'No 2 Ethnological' have been added in MS above the title: coloured MS additions show distribution of European and African races; areas using the Kaffir language and its dialects; colonial boundaries and dates of extensions. MS reference tables to additions. Endorsed: 'Rec d March 1858'.
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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 78/455
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- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 70 cm x 82 cm
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- 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 206
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562500/
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