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Italy: Sicily: Admiralty chart [166]: 'Sicily, Schmettau's Map corrected to the Points...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/3661
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This record is about the Italy: Sicily: Admiralty chart [166]: 'Sicily, Schmettau's Map corrected to the Points... dating from 1823 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- FO 925/3661
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1823
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Italy: Sicily: Admiralty chart [166]: 'Sicily, Schmettau's Map corrected to the Points and Coast Survey of Captain W H Smyth, Royal Navy ...'.Scale: 1 inch to 10 miles. Compass star. Engraved by J Walker. Published by Captain Hurd, Royal Navy, Hydrographer to the Admiralty, 21 January 1823. Published at the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, 19 July 1823.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- 62 cm x 46 cm
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- Engraved
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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 2805.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3820024/
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