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'A Map of the Gold Coast and Part of Ashanti... 1873': showing settlements, rivers...

Catalogue reference: MR 1/1782/1

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Reference
MR 1/1782/1
Date
1873
Description

'A Map of the Gold Coast and Part of Ashanti... 1873': showing settlements, rivers and routes; (the territory covered is now in Ghana). Reference table to the authorities consulted. Scale: 1 inch to about 9 miles. Compass indicator. Published by Edward Stanford, Charing Cross, 20 November 1873. Inset: map of Africa, south-west Asia and southern Europe, showing British possessions and sea routes from Portsmouth, England. MS additions, coloured, to the main map, showing additional boundaries and a route between Cape Coast and Kumasi.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Dimensions
52 cm x 84 cm
Physical condition
Printed, 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 904
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9265357/

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