Piece
1 item extracted from CO 305/10. Vancouver Island. Index map to MPG 1/241-MPG 1/248....
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/249
Date: 1859
1 item extracted from CO 305/10. Vancouver Island. Index map to MPG 1/241-MPG 1/248. Scale: 1 inch to 6 miles.
Item
Dahomey (now Benin). 'Carte du Dahomey... dresseé par M A L d'Albéca, ancien Administrateur...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/850/1
What’s it about?
This record is about the Dahomey (now Benin). 'Carte du Dahomey... dresseé par M A L d'Albéca, ancien Administrateur... dating from 1892 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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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MPG 1/850/1
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Date (When the record was created)
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1892
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Description (What the record is about)
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Dahomey (now Benin). 'Carte du Dahomey... dresseé par M A L d'Albéca, ancien Administrateur colonial à Porto-Novo, publié par le journal La Politique Coloniale'. The map shows Benin, Nigeria, Togo. Notes (in French) on sources for compiling the map. Compass indicator. The map is based on the Paris Meridian. Printed at Imprimerie Lahure, Paris, April 1892. The scale of the map is given as 1:500,000. but to judge from the latitude scale it appears to have been constructed at about one inch to 6 miles.
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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French
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
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43 cm x 64 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
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1:500000
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
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Printed
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
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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 401
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8925694/
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Series information
MPG 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the Colonial Office
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Within the series: MPG 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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Within the piece: MPG 1/850
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Dahomey (now Benin). 'Carte du Dahomey... dresseé par M A L d'Albéca, ancien Administrateur...
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