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Admiralty Chart 285: 'East Coast of Newfoundland. Orange Bay to Gander Bay including...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/1734
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 925/1734
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1883-1886
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Description (What the record is about)
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Admiralty Chart 285: 'East Coast of Newfoundland. Orange Bay to Gander Bay including Notre Dame and White Bays. St. John to Toulinguet Harbours ...'. Scale of chart: 1 inch to about 4 miles. Compass roses. Surveyed by Staff Commander W F Maxwell assisted by Staff Commanders J E Coghlan and J G Boulton and Navigating Lieutenants W N Goalen, J W Dixon and F Haslewood, all Royal Navy, 1877-1881. The portion east of Toulinguet Islands by Staff Commander J H Kerr, Royal Navy 1869-1871. The remainder from a survey by Lieutenant F Bullock, Royal Navy, 1825. Insets: (1) 'Round Harbour. From a French Govt. Plan 1884.' Scale of inset (1): 1 inch to about 1.5 cables. (2) 'Cutwell Harbour By Staff Commander W. F. Maxwell, Royal Navy 1879.' Scale of inset (2): 1 inch to about 3.5 cables. (3) 'Great Troytown Harbour By Staff Commander W.F.Maxwell, Royal Navy 1879.' Scale of inset (3): 1 inch to about 3.5 cables. (4) Fortune Harbour surveyed by Staff Commander W F Maxwell, Royal Navy, 1881. Scale of inset (4): 1 inch to about 3.5 cables. Engraved by E Weller.Published at the Admiralty 20 February 1883 under the Superintendence of Captain Sir Frederick J Evans, Royal Navy, KCB, FRS, Hydrographer. Corrected to 1886.
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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)
- 68 cm x 86 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Engraved
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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 862
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3818298/
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