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- 1884-1885 (Creation)
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British New Guinea; German New Guinea (together now comprising Papua New Guinea). 'Die Deutschen Besitzungen in West-Polynesien': map of the eastern half of New Guinea Island, islands immediately to the east, and the northern part of Cape York peninsula, Queensland, Australia. Reference table to British, Dutch and German territories, and to German trading posts. [Printed by] Gotha, Justus Perthes, 1885. 2 insets: Map of western Polynesia; reference table; scale: 1:45,000,000. Map of the Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain Island; scale: 1:1,750,000. Originally enclosed in a letter from Charles S Scott to Earl Granville, 10 March 1885.
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The National Archives >> Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from records of various departments >> Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series of records >> 4 items extracted from CO 422/1. Detailed descriptions are given at item level.
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- English
Script of material
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German
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{{data source}} The National Archives Discovery
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- Africa » West Africa » Guinea
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Language(s)
- English
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- Latin