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
'Routes Lagos to Abeokuta'. Diagrammatic map showing towns and villages passed through...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/850/3
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This record is about the 'Routes Lagos to Abeokuta'. Diagrammatic map showing towns and villages passed through... 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MPG 1/850/3
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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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'Routes Lagos to Abeokuta'. Diagrammatic map showing towns and villages passed through on the route from Lagos to Abeokuta, Nigeria, with types of vegetation and alternative routes between Otta and Abeokuta. Lithographed at the Intelligence Department, War Office, August 1892. 'Rough sketch of road plotted from field books without compass bearings, consequently road is shown straight, no heed being paid to sinuosities. The distances are supposed to be fairly accurate. General direction of road a little east of true north.'
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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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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- IDWO 920
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
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90 cm x 37 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
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1:126720
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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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Lithographed
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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 1976
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8925696/
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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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'Routes Lagos to Abeokuta'. Diagrammatic map showing towns and villages passed through...
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