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Russia: Senyavina Strait. 'U.S. North Pacific Surveying Expeditions Lieutenant John...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/1685
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- FO 925/1685
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1890
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Russia: Senyavina Strait. 'U.S. North Pacific Surveying Expeditions Lieutenant John Rodgers, Commanding. The Straits of Seniavine, Belving's Straits. B the U.S. Ship Vincennes ...September 1855. Projected by E R Knott. Reduced for engraving by C Mahon. Views by Wm. Brenton Boggs, Purser U.S.N.' 1890 editions of US Navy Chart 57, showing the Chukotskiy Poluostrov Peninsula and Arakamachechen Island, with soundings, inset of 'Glssenap Harbour'. Two views of the Peninsula as an aid to navigation. Scale: 1 inch to 2.5 miles. Sailing directions, notes on topography and surveying methods.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English
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- 59.5 cm x 49.5 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3818249/
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FO 925
Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans
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