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'The Ordnance Map of Hong Kong ...': on four joined sheets, covering Kowloon, Hong...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/654
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This record is about the 'The Ordnance Map of Hong Kong ...': on four joined sheets, covering Kowloon, Hong... dating from 1845-1883 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 78/654
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1845-1883
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Description (What the record is about)
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'The Ordnance Map of Hong Kong ...': on four joined sheets, covering Kowloon, Hong Kong island and neighbouring islands; showing soundings in fathoms. Reference table and note on tides. Scale: 4 inches to 1 mile. Partly based on Admiralty charts, and on information supplied by His Excellency Sir John Francis Davis (Bart), Governor of Hong Kong; surveyed by Lieutenant [Thomas B] Collinson, Royal Engineers, 1845; engraved under the direction of Captain Yolland at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1846; outline and writing by J A Harrison, and ornamentation by J C Peake; (signed): Major Edward Aldrich, 30 October 1846. Coloured MS additions [showing War Department and Admiralty property]; additions dated 3 July 1883.
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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)
- D 32
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- OS four-inch Hong Kong
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:15840
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Engraved
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3269590/
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WO 78
War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans
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