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Sudan (now Republic of Sudan). 'Map of the Nile Valley between Absarat and Firket...

Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/413/6

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This record is about the Sudan (now Republic of Sudan). 'Map of the Nile Valley between Absarat and Firket... dating from 1896 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
MPHH 1/413/6
Date
1896
Description

Sudan (now Republic of Sudan). 'Map of the Nile Valley between Absarat and Firket [or Ferka]'. Reference note. Scale: 1 inch to 2 miles. Inset: 9 line drawings of views. Printed annotation: 'Note... The topography from Firket to Koyeka [near Sai Island] is taken from I.D.W.O., N o 546. The Route from Mograka to Absarat is taken from a sketch by Major W. Verner, Rifle Brigade. All the rest of the map is very unreliable'. Intelligence Division War Office 1180: heliozincographed at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1896. MS colouring of water. Although note cited IDWO 546, this map was actually published as IB 546.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Map designation
IDWO 1180
Dimensions
55 cm x 48 cm
Map scale
1:126720
Physical condition
Heliozincographed; with MS colouring
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 3179
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9093970/

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