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Two maps of area now in France, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium: two maps, composed...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/3894
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- FO 925/3894
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1760-[? 1814]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Two maps of area now in France, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium: two maps, composed partly of sheets of 'Carte de France ..'., and extended in manuscript: (1) 'Partie occidentale de la Frontiere entre la Meuse et le Rhin comprenant l'Espace entre Meuse et Moselle pour l'intelligence du memoire sur la deffense de cette Frontiere' (sheets 69, 72 (part), 73 and 74); (2) 'Partie orientale ... comprenant l'espace entre la Moselle et le Rhin pour l'intelligence ..'. (sheets 39, 43, 46 and 68). Maps together show north-eastern France, western Germany and southern Belgium and Luxembourg: rivers, forests, hachures, cities, towns, churches, roads. Titles and frontier lines added in manuscript. Reference tables to frontiers, frontier defences and principal defensive positions. Scale: 22 cm to 10,000 toises (1 inch to 1 mile). Dimensions: 111 cm x 177 cm and 111 cm x 201 cm. One sheet engraved by J Séguin, 'Ingr. du Roy, 1760', another by R Brunet. The manuscript additions may have been made between 1790 and 1814: one line may indicate France's boundary of 1790-1792, which was altered by the Treaty of Paris, 30 May 1814.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Engraved, with coloured manuscript 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 974.
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