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Number not used: please see HCA 30/771
Catalogue reference: HCA 30/771/30
Number not used: please see HCA 30/771
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A 17th century map, presumably found on a captured ship trading with the Spanish...
Catalogue reference: HCA 30/643/14
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This record is about the A 17th century map, presumably found on a captured ship trading with the Spanish... dating from [1601-1700] in the series High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 30/643/14
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1601-1700]
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Description (What the record is about)
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A 17th century map, presumably found on a captured ship trading with the Spanish Main, which was once in this piece. There is no indication which ship it was found on, and it may have been a stray with no connection to any of the ships' papers now or once at this reference.
The map is now filed at MPI 1/80.
'Description del Districto del Audiencia de Nueva Espana'; a map of Central America, with parts of modern-day Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala and Honduras. Place-names and rivers shown. North indicated. There are three endorsements, apparently in non-European script.
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The map is at
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16492163/
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HCA 30
High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea
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