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1 item. (enclosure to A C Buchanan's letter of 29 December 1835) extracted from CO...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/518
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- MPG 1/518
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1835
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1 item. (enclosure to A C Buchanan's letter of 29 December 1835) extracted from CO 384/41. Canada. 'A New Chart of the Gulf and River St Lawrence and Sea Adjacent shewing the several banks, islands and dangers to be avoided by mariners. Drawn by A. J. Russell, Quebec. Lithographed by S. Straker, 3 George Yard, Lombard St.' The map shows a proposed lightship at the western end of Green Bank, south of Placentia Bay; and a proposed light on the Bird Islands, north-east of the Magdalen Islands and is dedicated to Lord Aylmer, Governor-in-Chief. Scale: 1 inch to about 46 miles. Compass indicator. Rough Proof
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- 53.1 cm x 69.3 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 179
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3981207/
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