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Map of the Nigeria-Cameroon border area south of Yola, showing relief, rivers, vegetation,...

Catalogue reference: MPG 1/854/6

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Reference
MPG 1/854/6
Date
1903
Description

Map of the Nigeria-Cameroon border area south of Yola, showing relief, rivers, vegetation, towns and villages, with notes on fords and heights. Drawn by 'G.F.A.W.' [George F A Whitlock], Captain RE, 7 August 1903. Countersigned by Louis Jackson, Lieutenant Colonel RE, and Captain Glauning, Yola-Chad Boundary Commissioners, 10 August 1903. This map was subsequently zincographed as IDWO 1819 at the Intelligence Department, War Office, December 1903.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Dimensions
44 cm x 72 cm
Map scale
1:250000
Physical condition
MS, coloured, superimposed on a printed grid
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 2015
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8925705/

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Map of the Nigeria-Cameroon border area south of Yola, showing relief, rivers, vegetation,...

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