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'A General Chart of the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, describing the Gulf and Windward...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/1897
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- FO 925/1897
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1824-1832
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Description (What the record is about)
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'A General Chart of the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, describing the Gulf and Windward Passages Coasts of Florida, Louisiana and Mexico, Bay of Honduras and Musquito Shore; likewise the Coast of the Spanish Main to the Mouths of the Orinoco'. Soundings. Scale:1 inch to about 33 miles. Compass stars. Inset Chart of the Virgin Islands at scale: 1 inch to about 1.5 leagues, and chart of Biruquete, Panama and Veragua. Drawn chiefly from the surveys of Mr Anthony De Mayne, Royal Navy, 'New Spanish Charts', and adjusted to the latest astronomical observations. Published according to Act of Parliament of the Hydrographical Office of the Admiralty, 1 November 1824. Advertisement. A later edition, in four sheets.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Printed
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- 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 2997
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3818461/
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Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans
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