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'A Chart of the Bay of Placentia, on the South Coast of Newfoundland [now part of...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/718
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This record is about the 'A Chart of the Bay of Placentia, on the South Coast of Newfoundland [now part of... dating from 1772-1773 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 78/718
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1772-1773
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Description (What the record is about)
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'A Chart of the Bay of Placentia, on the South Coast of Newfoundland [now part of Canada]. Surveyed by Order of Commodore Shuldham, Governor of Newfoundland ...': two copies, showing soundings. Item (2) trimmed at the lower edge. Scale: 1 inch to about 1 league. Compass indicators. Surveyed by Michael Lane, 1772; engraved and published (by permission of the Admiralty) by Jefferys and Faden, 25 June 1773. Two insets: charts of harbours at Burin and Placentia, with a section of part of the latter. Scale: 3 inches to 1 league (Burin); 1 inch to about 0.85 miles (Placentia), 1 inch to 200 feet (section). Compass indicators. Insets surveyed by James Cook.
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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 33
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 934
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3269654/
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