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Transferred to MPGG 1/1
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/591
Transferred to MPGG 1/1
Item
1 item extracted from CO 879/121/2. 'Gambia': map showing the Gambia River, villages,...
Catalogue reference: MPGG 1/93/1
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from CO 879/121/2. 'Gambia': map showing the Gambia River, villages,... dating from 1912-1924 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 1/93/1
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1912-1924
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from CO 879/121/2. 'Gambia': map showing the Gambia River, villages, towns, communications, streams, and provincial, district and international boundaries. Reference table and notes. [Produced at] the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1919; reprinted, with revised district boundaries, at the War Office, 1923. Inset: map of West Africa, showing the position of The Gambia. Overprinting, coloured, amending the title to: 'Recruiting Map of Gambia': overprinting showing promising areas for military recruitment purposes; overprinted reference note on the distribution of native peoples; overprinted by the War Office, April 1924.
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- GSGS 2447a
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 36 cm x 79 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:500000
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Printed, 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), entry 839
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8972185/
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MPGG 1
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1 item extracted from CO 879/121/2. 'Gambia': map showing the Gambia River, villages,...
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