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4 items extracted from CO 879/82. West Africa. ' Nigeria - Kamerun Boundary Commission Survey'. 4 maps of the boundary between Northern Nigeria and Cameroon (1) IDWO 1818: 'Country in Neighbourhood of Yola'; reference notes on fords and heights; scale: 1:250,000. (2) IDWO 1819: 'Line South of Yola': also showing rivers, towns and villages; scale: 1:250,000. (3) 'Plan of Yola': showing the division into Fula (Fulani) and Hausa districts; scale: 1:10,000; compass indicator. (4) IDWO 1821: 'Faro-Benue Confluence': showing sandbanks, surrounding vegetation, and the 'agreed main mouth' of the Faro River; scale: 1:20,000; compass indicator. Items 1-2 drawn by Captain [G]eorge] F A W[hitlock], Royal Engineers, 7 August 1903; all items zincographed at the Intelligence Division, War Office, December 1903. All items countersigned: Lieutenant Colonel Louis Jackson, Royal Engineers, and Captain Glauning, Yola-Chad Boundary Commissioners, 10 August 1903. Dimensions: (1) 19 cm x 55 cm; (2) 26 cm x 55 cm; (3) 31 cm x 49 cm; (4) 29 cm x 39 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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