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1 item extracted from CO 83/24. 'Pacific Ocean in four sheets 1875. Comprised between...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/817
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- MPG 1/817
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1875
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1 item extracted from CO 83/24. 'Pacific Ocean in four sheets 1875. Comprised between the parallels of 37° North and 37° South and extending from the Philippine and Celebes Islands, New Guinea and Australia to San Franciso and Easter Island': south-west sheet. The map shows in colour the present boundaries of Fiji and proposed extensions. No scale shown. 4 compass indicators. [By] R C Carrington. Engraved by Davies and Company. 'London. Published at the Admiralty 31st March 1875 under the superintendence of Captain F. J. Evans R.N. C.B. F.R.S. Hydrographer.'
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English
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- 97.8 cm x 68.6 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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