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Number: | 2049 |
Continent: | Africa |
Region: | West |
Place Names: | Sierra Leone, Sherbro Island |
Year of Origin: | 1876 |
Title: | Sketch of the Coast-Line extending from THE PENINSULA OF SIERRA LEONE, on the Northward, to British Sherbro, on the Southward |
Sub-Title: | inclosure 4 in No. 51 |
Language: | English |
Publish Origin: | London |
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Cartographer: |
J. Mason |
Engraver: |
Harrison & Sons |
Publisher: |
House of Parliament |
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Measurement Notes: | Estimated prime meridian Greenwich. |
Notes: | from book #2502, 'Papers Relating to Her Majesty's Possessions in West Africa. Sierra Leone and Gold Coast Colony, Including Lagos.' [scale estimated by measuring the 2 degrees of latitude between southern edge of Sherbro island and Freetown along the north compass rose engraved.] |
Last updated: Jan 24, 2011 |