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Cyprus: 'Cypri insulae nova descript 1573'. Map showing rivers, mountains, place...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/3111
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This record is about the Cyprus: 'Cypri insulae nova descript 1573'. Map showing rivers, mountains, place... dating from 1573-[?1879] 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 925/3111
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1573-[?1879]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Cyprus: 'Cypri insulae nova descript 1573'. Map showing rivers, mountains, place names. No scale shown. Cardinal points. The FO 925 index states: 'brought home by Lieut. [Lieutenant[ Kitchener'. Kitchener was employed on the Cyprus Survey in 1878-1879. It is possible that this map was traced from a map of the same title made by Joannes van Doetichum and published in Additamentum Theatri Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius.
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- Latin
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 52 cm x 37 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, on tracing paper
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 832.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3819475/
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FO 925
Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans
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