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Map 38. Area now in Canada: British Columbia: Haro and Rosario Straits. Admiralty...

Catalogue reference: FO 925/1650/38

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FO 925/1650/38
Date
1841-1872
Description

Map 38. Area now in Canada: British Columbia: Haro and Rosario Straits. Admiralty chart 2689. 'North America West Coast Haro and Rosario Straits Surveyed by Captain G.H. Richards and The Officers of H.M.S. Plumper 1858-9'. Reference table. Magnetic variation in 1859. Compass roses. Coasts based on American surveys of 1841 and Captain H Kellett's survey, 1847. Reduced from the originals and drawn for engraving by Edward J Powell. Published at the Admiralty, London, 28 July 1859. With corrections September 1864 and February 1865. Minor corrections April, June and December 1866 and February 1868. Coastlines tinted. Coloured manuscript additions show alternative boundary lines. Part of another chart showing the coast as far as Departure Bay is affixed to upper left corner. In a volume of maps relating to the Juan de Fuca boundary question sent to Admiral Prevost, Berlin. Engraved by J and C Walker, 12 June 1872.

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Language
English
Map scale
1:145800
Physical condition
Engraved, with coloured MS additions
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Administrative / biographical background
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19956858/

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