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France: Gulf of St Malo. Chart of 'The Coast of France from Cape Carteret to Cape...
Catalogue reference: MPF 1/173
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This record is about the France: Gulf of St Malo. Chart of 'The Coast of France from Cape Carteret to Cape... dating from 1831 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 1/173
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1831
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Description (What the record is about)
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France: Gulf of St Malo. Chart of 'The Coast of France from Cape Carteret to Cape Frehel, including the Island of Jersey. By Capt n. Martin White. R.N.'. With table of tides, and MS reference table to points along Granville Commission line. Compass rose. Surveyed by Captain Martin White. Engraved by J & C Walker. Published at the Hydrographical Office, 1 May 1826. Corrected to 1831. MS additions show French claims to fishing limits off the coast and the Isles of Chausey, areas prohibited to British fishermen, oyster beds in Concalle Bay and areas of restricted dredging for the French. The additions are undated and their source is unknown.
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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 112/11
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- Admiralty chart [59]
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 66.3 cm x 84.3 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:121840
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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 1416. Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860, (London, 1967), entry 2423
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3982117/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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