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5 items extracted from FO 64/1653. West Africa. The area shown is now in Nigeria and Cameroon.(1) IDWO 1921: 'Nigeria-Kamerun Boundary Commission Survey'. Map of area from Lake Chad south to the Alantika Mountains: proposed boundaries; relief, rivers, types of vegetation, towns, villages. Scale: 1:1000000. Reduced on a single sheet from the 3 sheets of IDWO 1902. Lithographed at the Intelligence Division, War Office, October 1904. (2) IDWO 1946: Map showing outline plan of Dikoa [now Dikwa in Nigeria]. Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]. Compass points showing true and magnetic north. Dikoa (Dikwa) Beacon range and distance, latitude 12 ° 2 ' 3 " and longitude 13 ° 55 ' 46 ". (3) IDWO 1820: Yola (now in Nigeria). Sketch map showing division into Hausa and Fulah districts. Zincographed. Scale: 1:10000. Compass indicator. Signed Louis Jackson, Lieutenant Colonel, Royal Engineers, and Captain Glauning, Yola-Chad Boundary Commissioners, 10 August 1903. Zincographed at the Intelligence Division, War Office, December 1903. (4) IDWO 1818: Map of the Nigeria-Cameroon border area in the neighbourhood of Yola. Zincographed. Scale: 1:250000. Notes on fords and heights. Drawn by G F A W [George F A Whitlock], Captain Royal Engineers, 7 August 1903. Countersigned Louis Jackson, Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineer, and Captain Glauning, Yola-Chad Boundary Commissioners, 10 August 1903. Zincographed at the Intelligence Division, War Office, December 1903. (5) IDWO 1819: Map of the Nigeria-Cameroon border area south of Yola, showing relief, rivers, vegetation, towns, villages. Zincographed. Scale: 1:250000. Notes on fords and heights. Drawn by G F A W [George F A Whitlock], Captain, Royal Engineers, 7 August 1903. Countersigned Louis Jackson, Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers, and Captain Glauning, Yola-Chad Boundary Commissioners, 10 August 1903. Zincographed at the Intelligence Division, War Office, December 1903. Dimensions: (1) 54 cm x 32 cm; (3) 31 cm x 49 cm; (4) 23 cm x 55 cm; (5) 20 cm x 56 cm.
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The National Archives >> Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of various departments held at the Public Record Office, Kew >> Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series of records held at the Public Record Office, Kew, from 1977
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