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Sudan. (2) 'Suakin and Defences May 1886': map showing fortifications, buildings,...

Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/464/2and5

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This record is about the Sudan. (2) 'Suakin and Defences May 1886': map showing fortifications, buildings,... dating from 1886-1888 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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MPHH 1/464/2and5
Date
1886-1888
Description

Sudan. (2) 'Suakin and Defences May 1886': map showing fortifications, buildings, railways, pipe lines, telegraph, contours and soundings. Reference table. Compass indicator. Intelligence Branch 568: lithographed at the Intelligence Branch, War Office by J H Brigly, July 1886; revised edition, 8 December 1888. Overprinted detail shows enemy positions south-west of the town. MS colouring. (5) Copy of (2); without the overprinted detail.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
MPHH 1/464/2 and 5
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Map designation
IB 568
Dimensions
57 cm x 75 cm
Map scale
1:11445
Physical condition
Lithographed; MS coloured
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 3290
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9415272/

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