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
Gold Coast (now Ghana). 'Sketch of the country between Accra and Christiansborg'....
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/1112/5
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This record is about the Gold Coast (now Ghana). 'Sketch of the country between Accra and Christiansborg'.... dating from 1875 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)
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MPG 1/1112/5
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Date (When the record was created)
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1875
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Description (What the record is about)
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Gold Coast (now Ghana). 'Sketch of the country between Accra and Christiansborg'. The map shows contours, road system, and site of projected new quarters. MS, coloured, on tracing cloth. 1 inch to 176 yards. Originally attached to Capt Sale's report [wanting] on Public Works, July 1875.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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The report does not survive in the volume of despatches, but a copy is at CO 879/8/4
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
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53 cm x 78 cm
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
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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 913
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8969608/
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MPG 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: MPG
Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the Colonial Office
2,023 records
Within the series: MPG 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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Gold Coast (now Ghana). 'Sketch of the country between Accra and Christiansborg'....
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