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1 item extracted from CO 879/50/5. Three skeleton maps of the western Sudan from...

Catalogue reference: MPG 1/1032/4

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Reference
MPG 1/1032/4
Date
1897
Description

1 item extracted from CO 879/50/5. Three skeleton maps of the western Sudan from Senegal to Cameroon, with the hinterland on a single sheet. (i) 'To illustrate the Distribution of the Native Races'. Inset: (at a smaller scale) 'The Great States of the Western Sudan up to the end of the XVIth Century'. (ii) 'To illustrate the Trade Routes and Distribution of Natural Products'. (iii) 'To show the Native States'. Reference tables. Lithographed at the Intelligence Division, War Office, October 1897.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Map designation
IDWO 1290
Dimensions
62 cm x 46 cm
Map scale
1:10000000
Physical condition
Lithographed, coloured
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 312
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8969539/

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