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Series
Colonial Office: Maps and Plans: Series II
Catalogue reference: CO 1047
What's it about?
CO 1047
This series contains the second part of the Colonial Office 'old collection' of maps and plans of former colonial territories.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 1047
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Maps and Plans: Series II
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1772-1947
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the second part of the Colonial Office 'old collection' of maps and plans of former colonial territories.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
This series is arranged in alphabetical order of country or place. The descriptions of many maps include original references having one of the letter prefixes GSGS, TSGS, IDWO and OR. The meaning of these prefixes is as follows:
- GSGS: Geographical Section, General Staff
- TSGS: Topographical Section, General Staff
- IDWO: Intelligence Division, War Office
- OR: Official Reference
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1101 flat sheet(s)
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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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- Topics
- International
- Maps and plans
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5236/
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