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Gold Coast (now Ghana). 'Cape Coast Castle shewing the Military Road': map, also...

Catalogue reference: MR 1/419/4

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This record is about the Gold Coast (now Ghana). 'Cape Coast Castle shewing the Military Road': map, also... dating from [1882] in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference

MR 1/419/4

Date

[1882]

Description

Gold Coast (now Ghana). 'Cape Coast Castle shewing the Military Road': map, also showing the coastline, the native town, other roads, forts, wells and principal buildings. Scale: 1 inch to 200 yards. Originally enclosure number 4 in despatch number 134, 26 April 1882.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Dimensions

20 cm x 33 cm

Map scale

1:7200

Physical condition

MS, coloured

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 1083
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9147287/

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