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1 item extracted from FO 5/557. 'Carte de la République de Costa Rica dédiée au Souverain...
Catalogue reference: MPK 1/171
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from FO 5/557. 'Carte de la République de Costa Rica dédiée au Souverain... dating from 1851 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 1/171
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1851
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from FO 5/557. 'Carte de la République de Costa Rica dédiée au Souverain Congrès, par le Capitaine G el. Lafond Consul G al. de cette République en France. 1851'. The map shows some areas now in Nicaragua and Panama. Scale: 1 inch to about 27 miles. Paris meridian. Inset charts: Golfo Dulce (scale: 1 inch to about 8 miles); Boca del Toro and Chiriqui Bays (scale: 1 inch to about 5 miles). Lithographed by Fd Delamare, rue St André des Arts, Paris. Printed by Lemercier, rue de Seine, Paris. Coloured MS additions highlight area around the Golfo Dulce. According to the endorsement, this map was sent to Lord Palmerston on 4 June 1852.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 66 cm x 83.8 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 3994
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3980192/
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Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the Foreign Office
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