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A Chart, shewing part of the Coast of N.W. America, with the tracks of H.M. Sloop...
Catalogue reference: CO 700/BritishColumbia1
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This record is about the A Chart, shewing part of the Coast of N.W. America, with the tracks of H.M. Sloop... dating from 1798 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans: Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- CO 700/BritishColumbia1
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1798
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Description (What the record is about)
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A Chart, shewing part of the Coast of N.W. America, with the tracks of H.M. Sloop "Discovery" and Armed Tender "Chatham," Commanded by George Vancouver, Esq., and prepared under his immediate inspection by Lieutenant Joseph Baker, in which the Continental Shore has been traced and determined from Lat. 45° 30' N. and Long. 236° 12' E., to Lat. 52° 15' N. and Long. 232° 40' E., at the different periods shewn by the Tracks. Published 1st May, 1798. By J. Edwards, Pall Mall, London.. About 15½ miles to 1 inch.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- CO 700/BRITISH COLUMBIA1
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- International
- Maps and plans
- Americas
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3476148/
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CO 700
Colonial Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans: Series I
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