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IDWO 913. Bering Sea and Strait. 'Chart of the sea discoveries made by Russian navigators...

Catalogue reference: FO 925/1869

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FO 925/1869
Date
1802-1892
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IDWO 913. Bering Sea and Strait. 'Chart of the sea discoveries made by Russian navigators in the Pacific and Arctic Oceans, with corrections from foreign navigators up to 1802'. Scale: 1 inch to about 100 miles. From 'His Highness the Emperor's chart depôt'. Shows the coast of North America from Cape Mendocino, and Russia as far south as the Sea of Okhotsk. Manuscript notes in French on the map refer to bases of the Russian America company. Enclosure in Sir C Bagot's dispatch number 56 of 17 November 1821.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Russian
Physical condition
Engraved
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Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 2228
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3818433/

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