Catalogue description Cape Colony (now in South Africa): Cape Town. 'Sketch of the Ground in Front of the...

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Details of MPH 1/691
Reference: MPH 1/691
Description:

Cape Colony (now in South Africa): Cape Town. 'Sketch of the Ground in Front of the Lines shewing two Situations which had been fixed upon for Guns with the View of Connecting the Defences in the Advanced Position between the Prince of Wales's Block-house & Battery and Craigs Tower and Battery'. Scalebar: 6.75 inches to 1,210 yards. Compass indicator. Drawn by J Azerond, draughtsman. Signed by Henry Smart, Capt CRE, and stated to be a copy. [?Smart's] letter of 31 March 1815 to Lt General Mann refers.
Date: 1815
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in The National Archives: WO 78/932
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Dimensions: 53 cm x 67 cm
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Publication note:

Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 2610

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