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Hong Kong. Four contoured maps: (1) Green Island; (2) Stanley (Chek Chu) cantonment;...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/472
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- WO 78/472
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1846
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Description (What the record is about)
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Hong Kong. Four contoured maps: (1) Green Island; (2) Stanley (Chek Chu) cantonment; (3) Kellett Islands; (4) Sywan Cantonment and Lyemun (Lei Yue Mun). Items (1, 3-4) showing soundings. Reference table to each item. Scale: (1) 1 inch to about 65 feet; (2, 4) 3 inches to 400 feet [1:1,600]; (3) 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240]. Compass indicator to each item. All sheets copied from original maps of 1844-1845; signed by Lieutenant T B Collinson, Royal Engineers, May 1846, and by Edward Aldrich, 18 July 1846. Inset to item (1) map showing the position of Green Island relative to Kowloon and neighbouring islands, with lines of triangulation; scale: 1 inch to about 865 yards. All items originally produced to accompanying report number 198, 18 July 1846; this report is not filed with these maps.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- D 3
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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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