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New Zealand: Cook Strait, vicinity; three items on one sheet: item 1, 'Stephen's...
Catalogue reference: ADM 344/1771
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- ADM 344/1771
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1820 Jan 01 - 1820 Dec 31
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New Zealand: Cook Strait, vicinity; three items on one sheet: item 1, 'Stephen's Island - Cooks Straits, W1/2N 8 Miles', 'Brothers off Queen Charlotte Sound - Cooks Strait, S 12 Miles' and 'Another part of Cape Terawitte - Cooks Straits, NW by N 15 Miles', by J R Kent (Commander, HM Colonial Schooner Prince Regent, 1820); item 2, 'Entry Island or Kapiti, from N - No 5'; item 3, 'Cooks Straits with part of shore of E'anomanu (from off Admiralty Bay)', (Charles Heaphy)
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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 6C, item 35, page 35; New Zealand Pilot (Nautical Papers 51), pages 150-153
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- Open Document, Open Description
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ADM 344
Admiralty: Hydrographic Department: Coastal and Riverine Views
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