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Belgium: Antwerp: 'Escaut. Rade d'Anvers ..'.. Map showing soundings, fortifications,...

Catalogue reference: FO 925/3825

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This record is about the Belgium: Antwerp: 'Escaut. Rade d'Anvers ..'.. Map showing soundings, fortifications,... dating from 1877-1888 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
FO 925/3825
Date
1877-1888
Description

Belgium: Antwerp: 'Escaut. Rade d'Anvers ..'.. Map showing soundings, fortifications, dams, docks, building yards, quays, cathedral. Inset graphs and tables of tides, speeds of water flow, temperatures, water levels 1877-1887. Reference table. Compass indicator. Surveyed on the orders of Mr Vandenpeereboom, Minister of Railways, Posts and Telegraphs, by Lieutenant L Petit, and E Rochet, hydrographic engineer, November 1886. By Martin Ghys, Antwerp. Enclosure in Lord Vivian's despatch number 35 of 2 March 1888 (see FO 83/1108). According to Vivian, the chart was published by the [Belgian] Ministry of Marine.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Dimensions
95 cm x 62 cm
Map scale
1:5000
Physical condition
Printed
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 556.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3820185/

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