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Canada: Newfoundland. Six charts. (1) Admiralty Chart 292: 'Harbours and Anchorages...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/1747
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This record is about the Canada: Newfoundland. Six charts. (1) Admiralty Chart 292: 'Harbours and Anchorages... dating from 1886 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- FO 925/1747
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1886
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Canada: Newfoundland. Six charts. (1) Admiralty Chart 292: 'Harbours and Anchorages in the Southern Portion of Newfoundland ..'. Scale: 1 inch to 2.5 cables. (2) Bonne Bay. Scale: 1 inch to 5 cables. (3) Femme Harbour. Scale: 1 inch to 2.5 cables. (4) Great Jervis Harbour. Scale: 1 inch to 2.5 cables. (5) Mercer Cove. Scale: 1 inch to 3.3 cables. (6) Harbour Breton. Scale: 1 inch to 2.5 cables. Compass roses. Published at the Admiralty, 25 August 1886 under the Superintendence of Captain W J L Wharton, Royal Navy FRS, Hydrographer. Engraved by Davies and Company. (1) Gaultois and Picarre Harbours. By Staff Commander W F Maxwell, Royal Navy, surveyor, assisted by W N Goalen and F Haslewood, 1882-1885.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- 49 cm x 100 cm
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- 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 879
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3818311/
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