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
1 item (originally illustrating print of Lieutenant General L Smyth's despatch number...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/1162/1
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This record is about the 1 item (originally illustrating print of Lieutenant General L Smyth's despatch number... dating from 1863-1883 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)
- MPG 1/1162/1
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1863-1883
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (originally illustrating print of Lieutenant General L Smyth's despatch number 322 of 6 November 1883) extracted from CO 879/21/6. Map of part of South West Africa, showing land (now in Namibia) bought by Captain B Sinclair in 1863 from David Christian, Chief of Bethany, for his employers, Messrs De Pass, Spence & Co, of Cape Town. The purchased land covers an area from Angra Pequena Bay to Angras Juntas Bay and inland to 15°50'E. Scale:1 inch to about 12 miles. Lithographed by Dangerfield, Covent Garden.
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 51 cm x 36 cm
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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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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 1910
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8969680/
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MPG 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the Colonial Office
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