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British Honduras, Mexico. 'Plan of the three rivers Valiz, Nuevo and Hondo between...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/1913
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- FO 925/1913
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1783-1834
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British Honduras, Mexico. 'Plan of the three rivers Valiz, Nuevo and Hondo between Golfo Dulce in the Province of Guatemala and the Province of Yucatan'. Shows marshes, lagoons and channels and the extent of navigability. Also shows towns, roads and forts. Scale: 1 inch to 7 miles. Annexed to Colonial Office Memorandum of 25 October (Convention Map). Note '13.5 Yucatan at present held by the British, 1825, showing dates of aqusition'. Dated 1834 by L Hebert, who was at the Quarter Master General's Office.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Spanish
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- MS
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- International
- Maps and plans
- Americas
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 3917A
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