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Italy: 'Plan of the City and Harbour of Messina, By Captain W H Smyth, Royal Navy....

Catalogue reference: FO 925/3647

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This record is about the Italy: 'Plan of the City and Harbour of Messina, By Captain W H Smyth, Royal Navy.... dating from 1823 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
FO 925/3647
Date
1823
Description

Italy: 'Plan of the City and Harbour of Messina, By Captain W H Smyth, Royal Navy. ...'. Scale: 1 inch to 210 yards. Compass lines. Reference table. Engraved by J Walker. Published at the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, 19 July 1823. Plate 17 of The Hydrography of Sicily, Malta and the Adjacent Islands'. The chart was subsequently issued as Admiralty chart 178; in this form, lighthouses were added and compass lines replaced by compass roses.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Dimensions
55 cm x 32 cm
Physical condition
Engraved
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Administrative / biographical background
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 2740.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3820010/

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