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East Africa. 'Map showing Gwas Ngishu settlements': covering the area (now in Kenya)...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1013/8
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This record is about the East Africa. 'Map showing Gwas Ngishu settlements': covering the area (now in Kenya)... dating from [1901] 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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MR 1/1013/8
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1901]
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Description (What the record is about)
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East Africa. 'Map showing Gwas Ngishu settlements': covering the area (now in Kenya) between Mount Elgon, Lake Baringo and Port Florence (now Kisumu), showing rivers, lakes and settlements. Reference table to settlement areas. A note states: 'Skeleton framed on I.D.W.O. map 1429(d)'. Signed: Major E H Gorges, Uganda Rifles. Originally illustrating Appendix A to Uganda Protectorate Intelligence Report number 4.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For copies of two different editions of IDWO 1429, see FO 925/810 FO 925/918
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 32 cm x 48 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:633600
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured, on tracing cloth
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 1396
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9265583/
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