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2 items extracted from FO 17/491. China. (1) 'Sketch of "Pratas" Island [now Dongsha...
Catalogue reference: MPK 1/473
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This record is about the 2 items extracted from FO 17/491. China. (1) 'Sketch of "Pratas" Island [now Dongsha... dating from 1865-[1867] 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 1/473
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1865-[1867]
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2 items extracted from FO 17/491. China. (1) 'Sketch of "Pratas" Island [now Dongsha Island] shewing proposed sites for a Light-house': MS, coloured, sketch map, on tracing cloth. Scale: 1 inch to 0.3 miles. Compass indicator. Signed: W G Romaine, 2nd Secretary to the Admiralty. (2) Admiralty Chart 362: 'China Sea. Prata Reef and Island': engraved map. Reference notes to navigational hazards. Scale: 1 inch to 1.1 sea miles. Compass rose. Engraved by J and C Walker; published by the Admiralty, 7 April 1865. Additions by C Bullock, 1866. Dimensions: (1) 24 cm x 35 cm; (2) 48 cm x 62 cm). Both items originally part of an Admiralty report on the proposed siting of the lighthouse on Pratas Island, 19 November 1865.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English
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- Admiralty Chart 362
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- Open Document, Open Description
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