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North East Africa, Arabian Peninsula. 'Map of the Nile Provinces from the railway...

Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/413/16

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This record is about the North East Africa, Arabian Peninsula. 'Map of the Nile Provinces from the railway... dating from 1887 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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MPHH 1/413/16
Date
1887
Description

North East Africa, Arabian Peninsula. 'Map of the Nile Provinces from the railway terminus at Assiut [Asyût] to Berber. Compiled in the Intelligence Branch, War Office, from the most recent manuscripts 1887. To Join on to Map of "Red Sea Littoral" N o 773'. Reference table to sub-division of tribes. Scale: 1 inch to 16 miles. Inset: 'Sketch Map of Egypt Proper. Nubia and the Egyptian Sudan': site map; scale: 1:8,000,000. Intelligence Branch 662: compiled and lithographed at the Intelligence Branch, War Office, July 1887, revised November 1890, and small corrections March 1896. Published by Edward Stanford for the War Office. MS colouring. Intelligence Division 773 (FO 925/2994) is an eastern extension of this map.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Map designation
IB 662
Dimensions
104 cm x 65 cm
Map scale
1:1013760
Physical condition
Lithographed, coloured; 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 534
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9093978/

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