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'Pacific Ocean in Four Sheets...': the south-western sheet of the map only, comprising...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/4406
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This record is about the 'Pacific Ocean in Four Sheets...': the south-western sheet of the map only, comprising... dating from 1875-1887 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- FO 925/4406
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1875-1887
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Pacific Ocean in Four Sheets...': the south-western sheet of the map only, comprising a chart of the area between New Guinea, the Phoenix Islands (now part of Kiribati), the North Island of New Zealand, and Cape Howe in New South Wales, Australia); showing soundings in fathoms. Reference notes. Scale: 1 inch to about 90 nautical miles. Compass roses. Compiled in 1875 from various surveys; drawn by H C Carrington, Hydrographic Office; engraved by Davies and Co; published by the Admiralty, 31 March 1875; corrected to June 1881; magnetic variation to 1884; minor corrections to March 1887. Coloured manuscript additions show the boundary of the Kingdom of Tonga according to a proclamation defining its limits, 11 June 1887.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For enlargements of Tonga showing this boundary, see FO 58 f 151 FO 534/39 f 43 FO 881/5783.
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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)
- English
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:6500000
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- Engraved
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3820762/
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FO 925
Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans
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