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'Sketch map of the Oyo country Yoruba land': showing rivers towns and villages; (the...

Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/761/6

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MFQ 1/761/6
Date
1888
Description

'Sketch map of the Oyo country Yoruba land': showing rivers towns and villages; (the territory shown is now in western Nigeria). Lithographed by Dangerfield, Covent Garden, October [18]88. Originally enclosed in despatch number 258 [CO paper 19183] from Governor A Moloney, 21 August 1888; the register of correspondence for Lagos (CO 421/6) states that the original despatch has been destroyed under statute.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Dimensions
33 cm x 75 cm
Physical condition
Lithographed, coloured
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8956176/

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