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'Chart of Washington Sound and Approaches, Washington Territory'. Compass roses....
Catalogue reference: FO 925/1874
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This record is about the 'Chart of Washington Sound and Approaches, Washington Territory'. Compass roses.... dating from 1866 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 925/1874
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1866
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Chart of Washington Sound and Approaches, Washington Territory'. Compass roses. The chart shows, besides Washington territory, territory of British Columbia bordering the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Gulf of Georgia. Triangulation executed between 1853 and 1859. Topography and hydrography between 1841 and 1850. Table of abbreviations for the sea bottom, table of lighthouses, tide table, note on sources. Map O, used by the Foreign Office in January 1873, to illustrate the United States and Canadian boundary survey of the Juan de Fuca Strait. United States Coast Survey: A D Bache Superintendent. Electrotype Copy number 1 by G Mathiot, United States Coast Survey. Enclosure to a printed copy of the Anglo-United States Treaty of 8 May 1871. Verified by J E Hilyard, United States Coast Survey.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:200000
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Printed, coloured
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 2936
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3818438/
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Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans
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