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Sudan. 'Suakin. May 1889': map in two parts showing terrain, buildings (including...

Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/464/3-4

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This record is about the Sudan. 'Suakin. May 1889': map in two parts showing terrain, buildings (including... dating from 1889 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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Reference
MPHH 1/464/3-4
Date
1889
Description

Sudan. 'Suakin. May 1889': map in two parts showing terrain, buildings (including Egyptian Government buildings), forts, railways, telegraph and telephone, soundings and spot heights. Reference table. Scale: 12 inches to 1 mile. Compass indicator. Intelligence Division War Office (IDWO) 769: surveyed by Lieutenant R U H Buckland, Royal Engineers, and others; lithographed by E Manning, July 1889. MS colouring. (3) 'Sheet 1': IDWO 769(a). (4) 'Sheet 2': IDWO 769(b).

Related material

For original MS drawing of the whole map see WO 78/275

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Map designation
IDWO 769
Dimensions
97 cm x 65 cm
Map scale
1:5280
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 3296
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9415273/

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