Item
Duplicate of MFQ 1/605/1
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/605/6
Date: 1883
Duplicate of MFQ 1/605/1
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Gold Coast (now Ghana): Volta district. 'Sketch map the movements of Mr Akers', covering...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/761/2
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This record is about the Gold Coast (now Ghana): Volta district. 'Sketch map the movements of Mr Akers', covering... dating from 1888 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)
- MFQ 1/761/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1888
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Description (What the record is about)
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Gold Coast (now Ghana): Volta district. 'Sketch map the movements of Mr Akers', covering the area around Ho, Zarvie, Zolo and Toinbe, showing roads, rivers and camps occupied in 1888. Scale: 1 inch to 2 miles. Compass indicator. Lithographed by Dangerfield, Covent Garden. Signed: C E Akers, Assistant Inspector and Adjutant GCC. Originally enclosed in Akers's report, 4 July 1888; forwarded [to the Colonial Office] with a letter from Governor W B Griffith, 13 July; the MS originals of the map, report and letter could not be found in CO 96/192 [and were presumably destroyed under statute]. See also House of Commons sessional papers 1888 LXXV [C 5615] (folio 152).
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 32 cm x 19 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:126720
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8956172/
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MFQ 1
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