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British Honduras. 'A Map of Part of Yucatan or of that part of the Eastern Shore...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/1205
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This record is about the British Honduras. 'A Map of Part of Yucatan or of that part of the Eastern Shore... dating from 1786-1787 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- FO 925/1205
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1786-1787
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Description (What the record is about)
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British Honduras. 'A Map of Part of Yucatan or of that part of the Eastern Shore within the Bay of Honduras alloted to Great Britain for the Cutting of Logwood, in consequence of the Convention signed with Spain on the 14th July, 1786. By a Bay-Man ...'. showing progress of a Spanish expedition in 1754; houses of baymen; boundaries; areas for cutting logwood; British settlements. Title in oval cartouche. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 6 geographical miles. Compass star with lines and compass indicator. In the margin are printed extracts from the Treaty of Peace of 1783 and from the Convention with Spain of 1786. Inset 'Mosquitia or the Mosquito Shore with the Eastern Part of Yucatan as far as the 20th Degree of North Latitude...' at a scale of 1 inch to 25 nautical leagues. Printed for William Faden, Geographer to the King, London, 1 February 1787.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 65.5 cm x 105.5 cm
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- Engraved, coloured
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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: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 3918
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3817775/
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FO 925
Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans
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