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'Sketch of part of British Honduras. To accompany Major Wray's despatch to Lord John...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/1541
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This record is about the 'Sketch of part of British Honduras. To accompany Major Wray's despatch to Lord John... dating from 1861 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- FO 925/1541
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1861
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Sketch of part of British Honduras. To accompany Major Wray's despatch to Lord John Russell No13. 13 June 1861': map. Shows the coastline and parts of the courses of the River Belize and Booth's River, with land grants to the west of Booth's River. Also shows a section of the boundary line, which was crossed by the River Belize, and the northern boundary as claimed by Guatemala. Scale: 1 inch to 6 miles. Signed by Major Wray, Royal Engineers, 24 June 1861.
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 37 cm x 51 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured on linen
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- International
- Maps and plans
- Americas
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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 3933
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3818105/
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FO 925
Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans
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