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1 item (enclosure to letter of 21 March 1584/85 from George Gilpin, secretary of...
Catalogue reference: MPF 1/156
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- MPF 1/156
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1585]
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1 item (enclosure to letter of 21 March 1584/85 from George Gilpin, secretary of the Merchant Adventurers at Middelburg, to Sir Francis Walsingham) extracted from SP 84/1. 'Antworpen': a bird's eye view of the Scheldt River, illustrating the Prince of Parma's siege operations near Antwerp (now in Belgium).. Shows the river and its banks, flooded in many places; fortified bridge; roofs and towers of Antwerp in background; fortifications, troops. [By Captain Philip Asseliers]. Ink endorsement in a near contemporary hand: 'The manner of the P[rince] of Parmas encamping uppon the river of Antwerp'. Also endorsed in pencil: 'Transferred from State Papers Miscellaneous 202, 7 Oct. 1920.'
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Dutch
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- 31 cm x 41 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 674.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3982100/
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