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Catalogue reference: WO 78/2420/1
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Greece: 'Carte Physique, Historique and Routière de la Grèce dressée ... d'après...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/5610
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This record is about the Greece: 'Carte Physique, Historique and Routière de la Grèce dressée ... d'après... dating from 1826-1878 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 78/5610
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1826-1878
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Description (What the record is about)
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Greece: 'Carte Physique, Historique and Routière de la Grèce dressée ... d'après les matériaux recueillis par ... Comte Guilleminot, ... Comte de Tromelin ... ainsi que d'après les Voyages de M.M. Pouqueville, Gell, Dodwell et ... Gauttier et Smith [?W.H. Smyth] Par Le Chevalier Lapie ... Paris 1826'. Topographic, historical and road map of Greece. Map shows terrain, rivers, place names and roads. With part of another map to show area eastwards to Stampalia. Manuscript additions show Turco-Greek frontier as defined by item 2 of Protocol no 1 of the London Conference, 3 February 1830 (see FO 32/16). Scale: 5.5 inches to 30 miles. Insets: Buthrinto, Navarino, Modon, Athens, Isthmus of Corinth, Coron, Missolonghi, Parga and Aja, Nauplia. Engraved by and under the direction of Flahaut. Calligraphy by Hacq. Published by Picquet, Paris. Signed by Lord Aberdeen (Foreign Secretary), Duc de Laval Montomorency (French Ambassador to London) and Prince de Lieven (Russian Ambassador to London). Annex F to the Protocol. The map was mentioned in the House of Lords by Lord Aberdeen, 4 February 1830. Also under this reference is another version of the map, photozincographed at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1878.
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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)
- MC 88
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- MC 88
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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)
- French
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 169 cm x 102 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Engraved, with coloured MS additions
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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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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 2202.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3274552/
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