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Admiralty Chart 296: 'East Coast of Newfoundland. Cape Bonavista to Bay Bulls including...

Catalogue reference: FO 925/1739

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FO 925/1739
Date
1868-1888
Description

Admiralty Chart 296: 'East Coast of Newfoundland. Cape Bonavista to Bay Bulls including Trinity, and Conception Bays'. Scale: 1 inch to about 4 miles. Compass roses. Surveyed by Captain Orlebar and Staff Commander J H Kerr, Royal Navy, assisted by Commander Hancock, Messrs Carey, Des Brisay, and Hyndman, Royal Navy and W L Scarnell, G Robinson, and W F Maxwell, Navigating Lieutenants, Royal Navy,1867-1871. Views: Cape Bonavista Lighthouse, Hants Head, Baccalieu lighthouse, the channel between Baccalieu Island and Split Point, and Torbay. Drawn for engraving by H Stafford, Hydrographic Office. Engraved by Davies, Bryer and Co. Published at the Admiralty 10 February 1868 under the Superintendence of Captain G H Richards, Royal Navy, Hydrographer, FRS. Corrected to 1888.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Language
English
Dimensions
101 cm x 69 cm
Physical condition
Engraved
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Administrative / biographical background
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 825
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3818303/

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