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'Gold Coast. Rough Compass Traverse. Sefwhi [i.e. Sefwi] District': map (of territory...

Catalogue reference: MR 1/146/1

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This record is about the 'Gold Coast. Rough Compass Traverse. Sefwhi [i.e. Sefwi] District': map (of territory... dating from 1897 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 1/146/1
Date
1897
Description

'Gold Coast. Rough Compass Traverse. Sefwhi [i.e. Sefwi] District': map (of territory now in western Ghana), showing towns, rivers and boundaries. Scale: 1 inch to 8 miles. Compass indicator. [Copied or traced from a map by] H M Hull, Travelling Commissioner, May 1897.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Dimensions
36 cm x 50 cm
Map scale
1:506880
Physical condition
MS
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 972
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9413036/

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