Item
Duplicate of MFQ 1/605/1
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/605/6
Date: 1883
Duplicate of MFQ 1/605/1
Item
'Routes in Sierra Leone 1895'. Compass indicators to true north and magnetic north....
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/705/5
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MFQ 1/705/5
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1895
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Routes in Sierra Leone 1895'. Compass indicators to true north and magnetic north. Reference note on inaccuracies. Surveyed between Bandjuma and Kambia by Lieutenant H Littlehales Barker, Aide-de-Camp; surveyed near Falaba by Captain Cecil Troughton, Commanding Officer, Frontier Police, Falaba District; the remainder surveyed by Captain W S Sharpe, Frontier Police. Originally enclosed with a confidential print of Governor F Cardew's [despatch] number 39, 22 October 1895.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For Governor Cardew's original despatch and the surveyors' MS sketch maps, see CO 267/417
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- IDWO 1112
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 50.5 cm x 59 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:506880
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- 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))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8956168/
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MFQ 1
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