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Map: 'Newfoundland from various British and French Government Surveys to 1885 with...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/1696
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FO 925/1696
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Date (When the record was created)
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1890
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Description (What the record is about)
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Map: 'Newfoundland from various British and French Government Surveys to 1885 with additions from the earlier surveys of Cook, Lane and Bullock'. Revised edition of Admiralty Chart 232a and b: 'Newfoundland from the Surveys of Cook, Lane and Bullock with additions from the Surveys of Captain Orlebar and Staff Commander Kerr R N and Officers of the French Imperial Navy. The Rivers and Lakes by Alexander Murray, Esqr., Geological Surveyor. London. Published at the Admiralty June 30th 1870.' Manuscript. additions in red ink show French fixed fishing establishments in 1872, according to Report of Commander Knowles and Captain Hoskin (Hoskyn). Scale: 1 inch to about 8.75 miles. Compass roses. Engraved by Davies, Bryer and Co
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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English
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Engraved, with MS additions
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 882
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3818260/
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Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans
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