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Admiralty Chart 2261: 'Panama Bay' Scale: 1 inch to about 3 miles. Compass roses....

Catalogue reference: FO 925/1754

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This record is about the Admiralty Chart 2261: 'Panama Bay' Scale: 1 inch to about 3 miles. Compass roses.... dating from 1854-1884 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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FO 925/1754
Date
1854-1884
Description

Admiralty Chart 2261: 'Panama Bay' Scale: 1 inch to about 3 miles. Compass roses. Surveyed by Captain Henry Kellett, Royal Navy, CB and Commander James Wood, 1847. Engraved by J and C Walker. Published 1854, corrected to 1882. Received at the Foreign Office, 2 July 1884. Four insets: (1) Panama Roadstead, surveyed by Captains Sir E Belcher and H Kellett, 1837-1847. Scale of chart: 1 inch to about 6 cables. (2) Boca Chica, surveyed by G H Inskip, 1854. Scale: 8 inches to 1 mile. (3) Darien Harbour and its entrances, surveyed by G H Inskip, 1854. Scale: 1 inch to 1.5 miles. (4) The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's Works at Taboga. Scale: 1 inch to 100 yards.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Dimensions
68 cm x 99 cm
Physical condition
Printed
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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 4078
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3818318/

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