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2 items extracted from SP 29/205 (items 5 and 6). (1) One sheet with two maps, above...
Catalogue reference: MPF 1/231
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This record is about the 2 items extracted from SP 29/205 (items 5 and 6). (1) One sheet with two maps, above... dating from 1667 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 1/231
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1667
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Description (What the record is about)
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2 items extracted from SP 29/205 (items 5 and 6). (1) One sheet with two maps, above a description of the Dutch attack. The left-hand map shows the River Thames estuary as far as London, with anchorages. Map in Dutch: title also in French. Scale: 1 inch to 2 Dutch miles. Compass star and rhumb lines. The right-hand map shows the location of the attack on Chatham and Sheppey, Kent, by the Dutch fleet under Admiral de Ruyter, 19-23 June 1667, with ships and gunfire. No scale shown. (2) One sheet with two maps. The left-hand map shows the River Thames estuary as far as London. Map in Dutch: title also in French. Scale: 1 inch to 2 Dutch miles. Compass star. The right-hand map shows the location of the attack of 19-23 June 1667, with ships and gunfire. No scale shown. Compass rose. Both by Marcus Doornick, Amsterdam, 1667. Dimensions of sheets: (1) 36.4 cm x 42.5 cm; (2) 24.1 cm x 39 cm
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Dutch and French
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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: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860, (London, 1967), entry 1300
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3982175/
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