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1 item extracted from FO 100/121. France; Piedmont (now in Italy); Switzerland. Map...
Catalogue reference: MPK 1/527
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from FO 100/121. France; Piedmont (now in Italy); Switzerland. Map... dating from [c1859] 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPK 1/527
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c1859]
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from FO 100/121. France; Piedmont (now in Italy); Switzerland. Map of the area between Chambéry, Lake Geneva and Bannio, showing the boundary of neutral territory under the Treaties of Vienna and Paris [1815], and a favourable military line of defence for Switzerland as suggested by General Finsler. Reference table. [By] I M Ziegler. Originally received from President of Switzerland by Captain E A J Harris, who enclosed it in his despatch, 1 July 1859; subsequently, a simplified version was produced for parliament, see House of Commons Sessional Papers 1860 LXVII 89).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 37 cm x 49 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:380160
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 989.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3980548/
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MPK 1
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