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Albania, Italy, Corfu: Admiralty chart 2701: 'Chart of the Mediterranean Adriatic...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/3365
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1863-1880
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Albania, Italy, Corfu: Admiralty chart 2701: 'Chart of the Mediterranean Adriatic Sea Gulf of Cattaro to Corfu including the coast of Italy from Cape St. Maria di Lenca to Brindisi'. Scale: 1 inch to 4.5 sea miles. Compass roses. Inset: 'View of Antivari, Volorica Pt. Lighthouse ...'. Reference table. Coast of Albania from the Austrian Government survey 1870. Corfu from British Admiralty survey 1863-1864. Coast of Italy from an Italian Government survey. Engraved by Davies and Co. Compass variation 1877. Published at the Admiralty, 5 September 1878. Corrections 1879 and 1880. Sold by J D Potter, Tower Hill. A manuscript addition gives the date of the chart as 23 June 1880.
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- English
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- 61 cm x 99 cm
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- Engraved, with MS additions
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 401.
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