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
'Map of the Hinterland of the Gold Coast Colony [now Ghana] Compiled by Mr. G E Ferguson...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/939/2
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This record is about the 'Map of the Hinterland of the Gold Coast Colony [now Ghana] Compiled by Mr. G E Ferguson... dating from 1893 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)
- MPG 1/939/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1893
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Map of the Hinterland of the Gold Coast Colony [now Ghana] Compiled by Mr. G E Ferguson from his own surveys from native information & from existing maps'. The map shows routes, districts, tribes and provinces in parts of present-day Ivory Coast, Mali, Upper Volta, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Niger. Reference table. Lithographed at the Intelligence Division, War Office, August 1893. Inset: map showing sphere of British influence in the hinterland of the Gold Coast Colony (Ghana).
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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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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- IDWO 984
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 67 cm x 84 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:1030000
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- 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))
- 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 304
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8925816/
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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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'Map of the Hinterland of the Gold Coast Colony [now Ghana] Compiled by Mr. G E Ferguson...
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