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France: Crozon. '23 octob. 1594 The fort at Croydo neare Brest': plan showing fortifications,...
Catalogue reference: MPF 1/151
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This record is about the France: Crozon. '23 octob. 1594 The fort at Croydo neare Brest': plan showing fortifications,... dating from 1594 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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- MPF 1/151
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1594
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Description (What the record is about)
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France: Crozon. '23 octob. 1594 The fort at Croydo neare Brest': plan showing fortifications, batteries, corps de garde, munition house, 'the Howse', French and English trenches. Not to scale: some dimensions given. Reference table to bastions.
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For an apparently identical plan in the same hand, endorsed: 'November 1594 ...' see folio 278 in SP 78/34/126
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- SP 9/200/48
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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)
- 41 cm x 31 cm
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- 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 1168.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3982095/
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