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2 items extracted from FO 27/239. French hydrographic charts of the Gulf of St Malo:...
Catalogue reference: MPK 1/103
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This record is about the 2 items extracted from FO 27/239. French hydrographic charts of the Gulf of St Malo:... dating from 1792-1820 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPK 1/103
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1792-1820
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Description (What the record is about)
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2 items extracted from FO 27/239. French hydrographic charts of the Gulf of St Malo: (1) 'Côtes de la France: Departemens de la Manche et de l'Ille et Vilaine, depuis le Cap Carteret jusqu'à l'Ile des Embiez ...'; (2) 'Côtes de la France: Departement de la Manche, dupuis Isigny et le G d. Vay jusqu'au Cap Carteret ...'. Compass indicators and rhumb lines. Based on surveys made in 1777 by Lt La Couldre-La Bretonnière and [P F A] Mechain, naval hydrographer. Published by the Dépôt des Cartes et Plans de la Marine, 1792. Coloured MS additions show a two-league limit of British and French territorial waters proposed to be reserved for fishing exclusively by their own nationals. These MS additions are described in letter of 14 September 1819 from the French Minister of Marine to the French Foreign Office, a copy of which was sent with the maps to the British Foreign Office by Count G de Caraman, 12 June 1820. Dimensions of sheets: (1) 86 cm x 58 cm; (2) 58cm x 86cm.
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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)
- 1:112780
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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 1412.
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