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Miscellaneous letters and papers. Includes: Folio 17. Map of part of County Kerry,...
Catalogue reference: SP 63/42
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This record is about the Miscellaneous letters and papers. Includes: Folio 17. Map of part of County Kerry,... dating from 1573 Aug-1573 Nov; [1580] in the series State Paper Office: State Papers Ireland, Elizabeth I to George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- SP 63/42
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1573 Aug-1573 Nov; [1580]
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Miscellaneous letters and papers. Includes:
Folio 17. Map of part of County Kerry, Ireland, including Tralee Bay, Ventry Harbour, Dingle Haven and Valentia Harbour, with the Blaskets Islands, Valentia Island and the Skelligs. Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile. Gridlines; perhaps for use in constructing the map, or copying it.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Litigation
- Maps and plans
- Ireland
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860 (London, 1967), entry 3912, dates the map to 1573; John Andrews suggests 1580 as a more likely date in his article 'Sir Richard Bingham and the Mapping of Western Ireland' in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy vol.103C, no. 3, pp 61-95 (2003), where this map is reproduced as plate 1.
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SP 63
State Paper Office: State Papers Ireland, Elizabeth I to George III
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