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China, SE Coast: Hong Kong, approaches; two items on one sheet: item 1, '4 August...
Catalogue reference: ADM 344/1487
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This record is about the China, SE Coast: Hong Kong, approaches; two items on one sheet: item 1, '4 August... dating from 1813 Jan 01 - 1864 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 344/1487
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1813 Jan 01 - 1864 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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China, SE Coast: Hong Kong, approaches; two items on one sheet: item 1, '4 August 1813 from Anchorage in 55 fms' and 'Friday 6 August, Anchored in 975 fms, on Coast of China', annotated, showing 'Peak Point', 'Chinoe Fort', 'Teng-mee Point', 'Go-toong' and 'Cuep-chu Point', (Captain Ross, Hon East India Co, Investigator?); item 2, 'Sketch No 30-Taken on 3 and 1/2 fm patch S57W 3 Cables from Hebe Islet in Harlems Bay' by D M Gordon, c1845, showing 'Fokai Point'
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Item 1, monochrome watercolour; item 2, sepia watercolour
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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 2, page 2; China Sea Pilot vol. I (Nautical Papers 30), pages 62-69; I32/17
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11439925/
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ADM 344
Admiralty: Hydrographic Department: Coastal and Riverine Views
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