Item
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Catalogue reference: WO 78/2420/1
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Item
Japan: Yezo (now Hokkaido). '... from Native Map of portion of the island of Yesso':...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/1014/7
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This record is about the Japan: Yezo (now Hokkaido). '... from Native Map of portion of the island of Yesso':... dating from 1864 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. 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)
- WO 78/1014/7
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1864
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Description (What the record is about)
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Japan: Yezo (now Hokkaido). '... from Native Map of portion of the island of Yesso': photographic reproduction of a map showing the route of a journey made by Captain Frederick Brine, Royal Engineers, between Hakodate and the gold mines west of Wari (now Sawara); also showing sleeping-places, tea-houses, roads and tracks; the nature of the terrain, guard houses and customs houses, and anchorages for junks. Reference tables to conventional signs and to distances; reference notes on roads. Scale: 3 inches to 16 miles. MS additions in coloured ink, highlighting Brine's route. Stamped in the Topographical Department, War Office, 12 November 1864. Originally illustrating a report by Captain Brine, 29 June 1864; this report is not filed with the map.
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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)
- Japan/District/1
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- MR 650 (4)
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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)
- photograph(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 29 cm x 23 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:337920
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Photograph
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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/C6675377/
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War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans
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