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See WO 78/2420/1-6 and WO 78/2420/7-8
Catalogue reference: WO 78/2420/1
See WO 78/2420/1-6 and WO 78/2420/7-8
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Malta: Valletta. Two maps: (1) 'Malta Abercrombie's Bastion revision for Two 6" B.L....
Catalogue reference: WO 78/5330
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- WO 78/5330
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1852-1901
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Description (What the record is about)
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Malta: Valletta. Two maps: (1) 'Malta Abercrombie's Bastion revision for Two 6" B.L. [Breach Loading] Guns Mark VII C.P. Mtng. Mark II'. Top plan, upper and under floor plans, detail of number 1 emplacement, and sections. Scale: plans: 1 inch to 10 feet; sections and detail: 1 inch to 5 feet. Compass indicator. Corrections 1901. (2) Admiralty chart 974: 'Mediterranean Malta Valletta Harbours', with coloured manuscript additions showing gun ranges from Fort St Elmo. List of abbreviations.Table of bearings. Scale: 1:4,854. Compass roses.Topographical features and outer soundings chiefly taken from survey by Captains Graves and Spratt, Royal Navy, 1852-1860.Surveyed by Staff Commander John Millard, Royal Navy, 1878-1881.Additions by Commander Dawson and officers of HMS Sylvia, 1887.Engraved by Edward Weller.Published at the Admiralty, 31 December 1888.Compass variation 1894.Corrections 1894-99.Dimensions: (1) 119 cm x 74 cm; (2) 66 cm × 94 cm.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- No. of Sheets: 2
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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)
- (1) MS, coloured; (2) Engraved, with coloured MS additions
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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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 3370.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3274272/
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