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Malta: Valletta:['Plan of the Fortress of Malta']. Plan shows area between Forts...
Catalogue reference: CO 700/MaltaandIonianIslands12
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This record is about the Malta: Valletta:['Plan of the Fortress of Malta']. Plan shows area between Forts... dating from 1900 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans: Series I. 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)
- CO 700/MaltaandIonianIslands12
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1900
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Description (What the record is about)
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Malta: Valletta:['Plan of the Fortress of Malta']. Plan shows area between Forts Ricasoli and St Elm: also shows lands agreed to be transferred to the Admiralty from the Maltese Government and the War Department to allow the construction of a breakwater.Manuscript reference table.Compass indicator.Signed by Vice Admiral J A Fisher, 11 April 1900, and F Grenfell, Governor, 12 April 1900.Stamped in office of the Superintending Civil Engineer, Malta, 16 November 1900.MR 1/1971/20, removed from ADM 121/42, is a tracing of this map.
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For a traced copy of this plan, see MR 1/1971/20
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 120 cm x 98 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:2500
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Printed, 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 3456.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3477138/
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CO 700
Colonial Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans: Series I
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