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Russia: Komandovskiye Islands. Admiralty Chart 1644: a sheet of maps published December...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/1689
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1891
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Russia: Komandovskiye Islands. Admiralty Chart 1644: a sheet of maps published December 1891, under the superintendence of Captain W J L Wuarton, Royal Navy, FRS, Hydrographer. 1. Kamandovski Islands, from a Russian Government chart of 1883. 2. 'Medni Island' at a scale of 1 inch to 3.5 miles. 3. 'Nikolski Anchoreage', Bering Island. Scale: 1 inch to 0.25 mile. 4. Bering Island, Staraya Hr. Scale: 1 inch to 200 yards. 5. 'Medni island. Preobajenski Hr'. Scale: 1 inch to 12 yards. 6. 'Medni island. Pestchanni Bay'. Scale: 1 inch to 0.25 mile. Compass roses. Malby and Sons, lithographers.
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Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans
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