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Map of the British Colony of the Gambia showing the boundary between the British and French Possessions 1904-1905'. Signed 'A B B de Tscharner Assist. Commissioner. Ernest H. Cowie. Major. The West India Regt. Chief Commissioner.
Scope & Content:
A fair drawing, showing hydrology, areas of mangrove swamp and of cultivation, communications, settlements, and the boundary line.
Two maps on one sheet. The main map covers the north-east portion of the plane-table sheets held at GEA/44/1; a secondary map covers the south-west portion, and shows Grant's amendments to an original sheet produced by F. Longland in 1921. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and form lin...
Plane-table sheets. Surveyed by C.H.B. Grant and C. Grey
Scope & Content:
Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and form lines, roads and tracks, railways, telegraphs, settlements, place names and administrative boundaries.