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South America, S Coast: Argentina and Chile: Estrecho de Magallanes (Magellan or...

Catalogue reference: ADM 344/2705

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This record is about the South America, S Coast: Argentina and Chile: Estrecho de Magallanes (Magellan or... dating from 1829 Jan 01 - 1835 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 344/2705
Date
1829 Jan 01 - 1835 Dec 31
Description

South America, S Coast: Argentina and Chile: Estrecho de Magallanes (Magellan or Magalhaen Strait): E and W entrances; four items on one sheet: item 1, 'E Coast of Patagonia, HMS Beagle' showing 'Cape Virgins'; item 2, 'Views - Magellan Strait, E entrance' showing 'Cape Gregory', 'Extreme of Gregory Range', 'Land on each side of 1st Narrows', 'Cape Orange', 'Cape Direction', 'Asses Ears', 'Mount Aymond', 'Cape Possession', 'Mount Dinero', 'Dungeness Point' and 'Cape Virgins', (from Admiral of the Fleet, Sir F Richards?), annotated, c1899; item 3, 'No 3 - Cape Pillar' showing 'Westminster Hall'; item 4, 'No 4 - Cape Pillar N80E, distant Seven Miles' showing 'Snowy Peak' and 'Apostle Rocks', by W W Wilson, printed by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet and Co

Note
Item 1, watercolour; item 2, pen and ink; items 3 and 4, print
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Folio 8K, item 33, page 34; Magellan Strait and Tierra del Fuego vol. I (Nautical Papers 6-South America Pilot vol. II), pages 83-99; V10597
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11441545/

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