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Italy: Sicily, Malta: 'Carte Generale della Sicilia'. Map showing rivers, hachures,...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/4308
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This record is about the Italy: Sicily, Malta: 'Carte Generale della Sicilia'. Map showing rivers, hachures,... dating from 1719-1800 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- FO 925/4308
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1719-1800
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Description (What the record is about)
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Italy: Sicily, Malta: 'Carte Generale della Sicilia'. Map showing rivers, hachures, towns, roads, forts, boundaries. Insets: island of Pantellaria; Malta and Gozo, flanked by pillars and surmounted by a globe, flags, trumpets, anchor, rope, and a female figure bearing a sword and the arms of Malta. Scale: 8 cm to 10,000 toises (1 inch to 4 miles). Title and scale-bars in archway above a view of a bay [?Messina] and surmounted by Prussian Royal Arms, flags and weapons. Two compass roses, one of which is surrounded by putti representing the four winds. Compiled by Baron Samuel von Schmettau, in 1719-1721, on the orders of Emperor Charles VI. Corrected by Schmettau's son, Lieutenant General F G C von Schmettau, Prussian Army, on the orders of the King and Queen of the Two Sicilies in 1800 and as a memorial to his father. Drawn by Lieutenant F M Imme, Royal Prussian Invalid Corps.
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 124 cm x 90 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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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 2798.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3820664/
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Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans
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