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West Indies: Antigua: English Harbour. Map showing location of proposed fort, Berkeley's...
Catalogue reference: ADM 140/1173
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This record is about the West Indies: Antigua: English Harbour. Map showing location of proposed fort, Berkeley's... dating from 1727 in the series Navy Board and Admiralty: Civil Engineer in Chief's Department and predecessor: Maps.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- ADM 140/1173
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1727
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West Indies: Antigua: English Harbour. Map showing location of proposed fort, Berkeley's Wharf, storehouses and other Ordnance buildings, Monks Hill; soundings and navigational hazards. Reference table. Notes on defences and harbours. Scale: 1 inch to 63 yards. Compass rose with drawing of ship at centre. Endorsed: 'Drawn in 1727, but [by] whom is not ascertained'.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English
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- 73 cm x 51 cm
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- MS
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- Open Document, Open Description
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