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2 items extracted from FO 15/9 (folios 30 and 45). (1) 'Sketch of that part of Yucatan...
Catalogue reference: MPK 1/109
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This record is about the 2 items extracted from FO 15/9 (folios 30 and 45). (1) 'Sketch of that part of Yucatan... dating from 1826 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 1/109
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1826
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Description (What the record is about)
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2 items extracted from FO 15/9 (folios 30 and 45). (1) 'Sketch of that part of Yucatan at present possessed by the British, from Rio Hondo to River Sarstoon, showing the part occupied by the treaty of 1783, that annexed by the treaty of 1786, and that held by force of arms since 1798, the last attack of the Spaniards. For George Canning, Foreign Secretary, from the Magistrates of Honduras. Henry Cooke, Agent for Honduras, Rectory House, Lothbury, 29 April 1826'. Scale not shown: 1 inch to about 4.5 miles. Compass star. (2) Copy of (1), on tracing cloth.
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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)
- Spanish
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 80 cm x 63 cm
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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: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 3925
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3980130/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the Foreign Office
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2 items extracted from FO 15/9 (folios 30 and 45). (1) 'Sketch of that part of Yucatan...
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