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1 item extracted from FO 72/232. Venezuela. 'Plan of the Province of Cumana and River...
Catalogue reference: MPK 1/236
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from FO 72/232. Venezuela. 'Plan of the Province of Cumana and River... dating from 1818 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 1/236
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1818
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from FO 72/232. Venezuela. 'Plan of the Province of Cumana and River Orinoco determined according to the Lattd. and Longt. of places on the coast per order of His Majesty the King of Spain by Don Francisco Fidalgo Captain of the Spanish Navy; the interior parts have been ascertained from Spanish plans made in 1806 and revised in 1815. Copied from the originals for His Excellency Sir Ralph James Woodford Bart. by his obedient humble servant Kenneth Mathison Trinidad 1818': map showing waterways, settlements, forts and towns, including Cumaná, Barcelona, Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar) and Guyana (now Ciudad Guayana), and neighbouring islands, including Trinidad. Scale: 1 inch to about 15 miles. Compass indicator.
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 55.1 cm x 74.4 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 4448
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3980257/
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