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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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 925/3825
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1877-1888
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Description (What the record is about)
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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.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English and French
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 95 cm x 62 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:5000
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Printed
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- 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 556.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3820185/
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FO 925
Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans
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