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3 items extracted from FO 72/221. Chile: (1) Plan of the battle of Talca between...
Catalogue reference: MPK 1/237
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This record is about the 3 items extracted from FO 72/221. Chile: (1) Plan of the battle of Talca between... 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 1/237
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1818
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3 items extracted from FO 72/221. Chile: (1) Plan of the battle of Talca between the Chilean army under General San Martin and the forces under the command of General Osorio. Scale: 1 inch to about 0.67 miles. Compass star. (2) 'Map of the environs of Santiago showing the order of battle of the forces engaged in the battle of Maypú, 1818'. Scale: 1 inch to about 0.75 miles. Compass indicator. (3) Sheet of notes and references, accompanying item 2. All items are copies by Lieutenant Alexander T E Vidal, Royal Navy. Endorsed: 'Plans alluded to in Commodore Bowles' letter of 7 June enclosed in Admiralty letter of 9 Sept. 1818.' Dimensions: (1) 40 cm x 49 cm; (2) 80.8 cm x 52.9 cm; (3) 36.1 cm x 29.5 cm.
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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)
- Spanish
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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 4221
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3980258/
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