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China, SE Coast: Taiwan (Formosa) Strait: Xiamen Gang (Amoy), vicinity; seven items...
Catalogue reference: ADM 344/1497
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This record is about the China, SE Coast: Taiwan (Formosa) Strait: Xiamen Gang (Amoy), vicinity; seven items... dating from 1844 Jan 01 - 1884 Dec 31 in the series Admiralty: Hydrographic Department: Coastal and Riverine Views. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- ADM 344/1497
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1844 Jan 01 - 1884 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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China, SE Coast: Taiwan (Formosa) Strait: Xiamen Gang (Amoy), vicinity; seven items on one sheet: item 1, 'Chimmo Pagoda and Paps (Baogai Shan or Kusau)'; item 2, 'Appearance of Chimmo Entrance'; item 3, 'Marks for Reef off Station Islet-Chimmo Bay', (c1844); item 4, 'Chimo Pagoda W1/2W', 'Lee-a-soo Hills'; item 5, 'Sharp Peaks in bottom of Howstow Bay' from HMS Viper, 1846, 'Leading Marks to clear Seatoi Bank-Chart 1769-Chinchu Harbour' (Enclosure No 5 in Commander Box's Letter 7 April 1873 No 14); item 6, 'Dodd Rock W by N 2 Miles' by H J Woods, HMS Cormorant, 1865; item 7, 'Mount Kusan (Kusau?) and Pagoda (760 feet)' from HMS Sappho, 1884
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Items 1-3, print; item 4, pencil; item 5, pen and ink; item 6, monochrome watercolour; item 7, pen and ink outline
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Folio 5A, item 12, page 12; China Sea Pilot vol. III (Nautical Papers 32), pages 138-140; V11319 and V11592
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11439832/
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ADM 344
Admiralty: Hydrographic Department: Coastal and Riverine Views
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