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Malta. 6 items. (1-5) 'Sections through the Cottonera Lines'. Scale: 1 inch to 20...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/358
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- WO 78/358
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1804
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Description (What the record is about)
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Malta. 6 items. (1-5) 'Sections through the Cottonera Lines'. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240]. (6) 'Plan of the Cotonera Lines, shewing the proposed method of covering them by Counterguards or Glacis'. Scale: 9 inches to 400 yards [1:1,600]. Compass indicator. Signed by Captain S T Dickens, Commanding Royal Engineer. Each sheet endorsed: 'Received from Capt. Dickens, 2nd April, 1804'.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- A 2
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- MS, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 3014
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3269294/
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