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Italy: Sicily: Admiralty chart 186: 'Mediterranean Sicily - sheet 2 Mazzara to Palma...

Catalogue reference: FO 925/4067

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This record is about the Italy: Sicily: Admiralty chart 186: 'Mediterranean Sicily - sheet 2 Mazzara to Palma... dating from 1864-1885 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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FO 925/4067
Date
1864-1885
Description

Italy: Sicily: Admiralty chart 186: 'Mediterranean Sicily - sheet 2 Mazzara to Palma including the Island of Pantellaria'. Inset views: 'C Granitola from the NW'. and 'The coast of Sicily from the Graham Shoal'. (taken from FO 925 index). Scale: one inch to 3 sea miles. Compass roses. Surveyed by Commander G R Wilkinson, Captains P F Shortland and G S Nares, Royal Navy. Assisted by Staff Commanders T A Hull and V F Johnson; Navigating Lieutenants T H Tizard, J Millard and F J Gray, Royal Navy, of HMS Firefly, HMS Hydra and HMS Newport, 1864-1870. Topography partly based on a trigonometrical survey by the Italian Government. Drawn by R C Carrington, Hydrographic Office, under the direction of Captain R Hoskyn, Royal Navy, Superintendant of charts. Engraved by Davies, Bryer and Co. Published at the Admiralty 15 May 1872. Magnetic variation 1884. Corrections 1884 and 1885.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Dimensions
97 cm x 65 cm
Map scale
1:182400
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 2809.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3820426/

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