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Gold Coast (now Ghana). 'Sketch Map showing the Preliminary Traverse made in connection...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/146/5
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This record is about the Gold Coast (now Ghana). 'Sketch Map showing the Preliminary Traverse made in connection... dating from 1891 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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- MR 1/146/5
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1891
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Description (What the record is about)
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Gold Coast (now Ghana). 'Sketch Map showing the Preliminary Traverse made in connection with the survey of Water Communications between the Volta River and Kwitta [i.e. Keta] Lagoon by order of Sir W Brandford Griffith, K.C.M.G. Governor 1891': covering the area between Adidome in the north-west and Keta in the south-east; also shows place names, rivers and the nature of the terrain. Scale: 8 inches to about 5 miles. Compass indicator. Signed: George E Ferguson, Foreman of Works.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 106 cm x 128 cm
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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 paper
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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 957
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9413040/
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