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1 item extracted from FO 37/257. Map of central Europe from the Maas to the Memel...
Catalogue reference: MPK 1/162
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from FO 37/257. Map of central Europe from the Maas to the Memel... dating from [ 1837 - 1840] 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 1/162
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Date (When the record was created)
- [ 1837 - 1840]
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from FO 37/257. Map of central Europe from the Maas to the Memel and from the Baltic to the northern Adriatic, showing the area covered by the states of the Customs Union, Holland, Luxembourg, Hanover, Oldenburg and Mecklenburg. Major rivers named. No scale shown. Drawn by James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen, Charing Cross East, London.
Between 1840 and 1861, Wyld's imprint was 'Geographer to the Queen and H.R.H. Prince Albert'. Oldenburg and Hanover joined the Customs Union in 1853. It is therefore probable that this map was made between 1837 and 1840. No information about its origins could be discovered from the records of the Foreign Office. -
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)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 35 cm x 46 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: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 111.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3980183/
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MPK 1
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