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1 item (formerly bound following Francis Drake's despatch no 24 of 8 March 1791)...
Catalogue reference: MPK 1/107
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This record is about the 1 item (formerly bound following Francis Drake's despatch no 24 of 8 March 1791)... dating from [?1791] 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPK 1/107
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Date (When the record was created)
- [?1791]
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (formerly bound following Francis Drake's despatch no 24 of 8 March 1791) extracted from FO 22/13. 'Kort over Gronland Den ostre Stide efter Torfous Den Vestre stide aflagt og forbedret i Sammenligning med de fenere Esterretringer af Paul Egede'. Map of south and central Greenland, showing the coast from Upernarvik north of Disko Island to Hvidferk; positions of churches. Danish colonies and settlements on the west coast are underlined in red ink. Scale not shown: 1 inch to about 62 miles.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Danish
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 37.8 cm x 29.7 cm
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- 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: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 140
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3980128/
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MPK 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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