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Egypt. 'Plan of the harbour of Suez shewing the line now proposed for the Maritime...

Catalogue reference: MR 1/789/11-12

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MR 1/789/11-12
Date
1865
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Egypt. 'Plan of the harbour of Suez shewing the line now proposed for the Maritime Canal and the Establishments of the Company at that Port': 2 copies of a map, both also showing railways, government land, and the line formerly proposed for the canal. (11) MS, coloured, on tracing cloth; (12) lithographed, with MS colouring. Scale: (11) [?1 inch to about 300 yards]; (12) [?1 inch to about 600 yards]. 'Copied from a plan lent by Monsieur Outrey, A. & C.G. of France'; item 12 lithographed by Harrison, Saint Martin's Lane. Item 12 endorsed: 'Memorandum /6/ F.O. Dec. 19 1865'. Dimensions: (11) 92 cm x 51 cm; (12) 41 cm x 31 cm. Both items originally enclosed in Colonel Stanton's [despatch] number 41, 6 November 1865.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Language
English
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), entries 691-692
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9265558/

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