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Map 2. Area now in Canada: British Columbia, Washington. 'A Chart shewing part of...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/1647B/2
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This record is about the Map 2. Area now in Canada: British Columbia, Washington. 'A Chart shewing part of... dating from 1798-1871 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- FO 925/1647B/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1798-1871
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Description (What the record is about)
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Map 2. Area now in Canada: British Columbia, Washington. 'A Chart shewing part of the Coast of N.W. America, with the tracks of His Majesty's Sloop Discovery and Armed Tender Chatham; Commanded by George Vancouver Esqr. and prepared ... by Lieutenant Joseph Baker ...'. Inset charts: the entrance to Columbia River, Gray's Harbour and Port Discovery. Scale: 1 inch to about 16.5 miles (scale not constant because of projection). On sheet 62 cm x 89 cm. Engraved by Warner. Published by J Edwards, Pall Mall and G Robinson, Paternoster Row, London, 1 May 1798. Signed by Major General Henry James, Director General, Ordnance Survey, 5 September 1871.
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Photozincographed
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 370
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19956799/
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