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Madagascar: [Foulepoint]. 'Plan de Longue Pointe en l'isle Madagascar situé par la...
Catalogue reference: MPF 1/199
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This record is about the Madagascar: [Foulepoint]. 'Plan de Longue Pointe en l'isle Madagascar situé par la... dating from Nov 1756 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 1/199
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Date (When the record was created)
- Nov 1756
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Madagascar: [Foulepoint]. 'Plan de Longue Pointe en l'isle Madagascar situé par la Latitude sud de 17° 15 ft. ...'. Chart showing soundings, channels, rocks, French fort and cemetery. Title and reference table in rococo cartouche. Scale: 1 inch to about 420 yards. Compass star. This appears to cover the same area as that shown on MPF 1/198, described as Foulepoint.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- SP 112/50
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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- 23 cm x 38 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 1452
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3982143/
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MPF 1
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Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the State Paper Office
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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Madagascar: [Foulepoint]. 'Plan de Longue Pointe en l'isle Madagascar situé par la...
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