Manuscript handbook to the dependencies of Mauritius, circa 1900, approximately 50 leaves + numerous blanks, several leaves written on rectos or versos only, contents leaf headed 'List of Dependencies of Mauritius', 10 manuscript charts and plans (of which 7 on india or other thin paper, mounted), depicting the Aldabra Group and Assumption Island (both part of the Seychelles) and Mal� (Maldives), mounted maps stained from adhesive, ownership inscription to front free endpaper dated 'Seychelles 1900', disbound, narrow folio (32 x 15 cm) The dependencies of the crown colony of Mauritius included the Chagos Islands, the Seychelles, and other islands and archipelagos. A note on the leaf following the contents leaf states that the information for the first 15 dependencies is 'derived from a report of the Stipendary Magistrate made in 1880 ... in the possession of Mr Hobbs of the Mauritius C. S. (Survey Dept.); the information for the Aldabra Group is attributed to a report by surveyor S. C. E. Baty dated December 1895. (1)
Manuscript handbook to the dependencies of Mauritius, circa 1900, approximately 50 leaves + numerous blanks, several leaves written on rectos or versos only, contents leaf headed 'List of Dependencies of Mauritius', 10 manuscript charts and plans (of which 7 on india or other thin paper, mounted), depicting the Aldabra Group and Assumption Island (both part of the Seychelles) and Mal� (Maldives), mounted maps stained from adhesive, ownership inscription to front free endpaper dated 'Seychelles 1900', disbound, narrow folio (32 x 15 cm) The dependencies of the crown colony of Mauritius included the Chagos Islands, the Seychelles, and other islands and archipelagos. A note on the leaf following the contents leaf states that the information for the first 15 dependencies is 'derived from a report of the Stipendary Magistrate made in 1880 ... in the possession of Mr Hobbs of the Mauritius C. S. (Survey Dept.); the information for the Aldabra Group is attributed to a report by surveyor S. C. E. Baty dated December 1895. (1)
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