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Item
China: Guangdong province. (27-30) 'A Skeleton Map of Country round Canton embracing...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/990/2/26-30
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This record is about the China: Guangdong province. (27-30) 'A Skeleton Map of Country round Canton embracing... dating from 1859 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 78/990/2/26-30
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1859
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Description (What the record is about)
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China: Guangdong province. (27-30) 'A Skeleton Map of Country round Canton embracing all the Places visited by the Allied Forces': on four sheets, together covering the area between Wuzhou, Canton (Guangzhou), Macau and Hong Kong; showing rivers and place names. Title on item (29). Scale: 1 inch to 2 miles. Compass indicator to each sheet. Based partly on Admiralty Charts and partly on surveys by Major Fisher, Lieutenant Trench and Lieutenant Bird, all of the Royal Engineers, and Lieutenant Bullock, Royal Navy. Item (29) signed by Lieutenant E H Courtney, Royal Engineers, 23 August 1859, and by Colonel George Wynne, Commanding Royal Engineer, 3 November 1859; both dates have been struck through. Item (30) also signed by Lieutenant Courtney, but not dated. (26) A brief note, dated November-December 1859, detailing the forwarding of the map to Major Cooke and its return [?to Colonel Gordon], with a request by Major Cooke for a further loan of the map.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- China/Battles, Sieges & Warlike Operations/11
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- MR 153 (25-28); WO 38/20/25-28
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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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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:126720
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9448288/
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WO 78
War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans
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