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1 item extracted from FO 5/278. 'A New Chart of the Gulf of Florida, Bahama Banks...
Catalogue reference: MPK 1/413
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from FO 5/278. 'A New Chart of the Gulf of Florida, Bahama Banks... dating from 1817 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 1/413
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1817
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from FO 5/278. 'A New Chart of the Gulf of Florida, Bahama Banks & part of the Gulf of Mexico Including St Nicholas & Santaren channels ...': (the areas shown are now part of the United States of America and the Bahamas). Compass roses. Surveyed by Richard Patten, New York; engraved by J Ridley and W Sim; published 23 May 1817. Note: 'The Hole in the Wall as by this chart is said to be 5 rivers too far south'.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- 59 cm x 90 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3980434/
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MPK 1
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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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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