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West Africa. 'Route of the Expedition under Lieutenant Governor Rowe C.M.G. Nov....

Catalogue reference: MR 1/148/6

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Reference
MR 1/148/6
Date
1875
Description

West Africa. 'Route of the Expedition under Lieutenant Governor Rowe C.M.G. Nov. & Dec. 1875 from British Sherbro to the Upper Bompeh [i.e. Bumpe] & Mendi [Mende] Country': map of the area (now in Sierra Leone) between the Sierra Leone peninsula in the north-west, Sherbro Island in the south-west, and Taiama in the east, also showing rivers and settlements.

Related material

For a printed copy of the report on this expedition and a printed version of the map, see CO 879/4/6 MFQ 916/4-5

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Dimensions
48 cm x 60 cm
Physical condition
MS, coloured, on tracing cloth
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 2252
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9413047/

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