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- 1892 (Creation)
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Dahomey (now Benin). 'Carte du Dahomey. dresseé par M A L d'Albéca, ancien Administrateur colonial à Porto-Novo, publié par le journal La Politique Coloniale'. The map shows Benin, Nigeria, Togo. Notes (in French) on sources for compiling the map. Compass indicator. The map is based on the Paris Meridian. Printed at Imprimerie Lahure, Paris, April 1892. The scale of the map is given as 1:500,000. but to judge from the latitude scale it appears to have been constructed at about one inch to 6 miles.
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The National Archives >> Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the Colonial Office >> Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series of records of the Colonial Office >> 4 items extracted from CO 147/88. Detailed descriptions are given at item level.
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- English
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French
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- English
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- Latin