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Transferred to MPGG 1/1
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/591
Transferred to MPGG 1/1
Item
4 items (formerly filed with a print of despatch number 415, 4 September 1882) extracted...
Catalogue reference: MPGG 1/80/7-10
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This record is about the 4 items (formerly filed with a print of despatch number 415, 4 September 1882) extracted... dating from 1882 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various.... 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)
- MPGG 1/80/7-10
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1882
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Description (What the record is about)
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4 items (formerly filed with a print of despatch number 415, 4 September 1882) extracted from CO 879/19/9 (folios 266-269). Gold Coast (now Ghana). 4 sketch maps. (7) 'Ancobra [now usually Ankobra] River near Axim (Mouth and Bar)'. Reference notes giving instructions on crossing the bar. Scale: 1 inch to 400 feet [1:4,800]. (8) 'Ancobra River (Sketch Survey) from its mouth to the junction of the Bonsah River'. Scale: 1 inch to 1,800 yards [1:64,800]. (9) 'Sketch Survey Tomento to Tarquah [now usually Tarkwa] Gold Mining District... July 1882': showing place names and gold-mining areas. Scale: 1 inch to 1,800 feet [1:216,000]. (10) 'Carte des Concessions J Bonnat 1879': showing gold concessions, mainly to the east of the Ankobra river between Tomento and Insagwiso. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to about 1.6 miles. Compass indicators to all items. Items 7-9 by Commander R Murray Rumsey, Royal Navy (Retired); item 10 traced by Mathew Jones, Assistant Surveyor, July 1882; all items lithographed by Dangerfield, Covent Garden. Dimensions: (7) 31 cm x 41 cm; (8) 106 cm x 31 cm; (9) 32 cm x 72 cm; (10) 44 cm x 32 cm.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Lithographed, coloured
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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), entries 1053 (items 7-8), 1137 (item 10), 1138 (item 9).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8972156/
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