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Maps illustrative of exploration: (1) circular chart of 'part of the Southern hemisphere...

Catalogue reference: MPDD 1/2

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This record is about the Maps illustrative of exploration: (1) circular chart of 'part of the Southern hemisphere... dating from 1830-1832 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
MPDD 1/2
Date
1830-1832
Description

Maps illustrative of exploration: (1) circular chart of 'part of the Southern hemisphere showing recent discoveries', published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 1833; (2)-(5) 4 charts of the world on Mercator's Projection, 'with the tracks of the more distinguished modern navigators', showing (5) the northern hemisphere, principally North and Central America (3) the northern hemisphere, Europe and Asia; (2) the southern hemisphere, South America; (4) the southern hemisphere, Australia. By John Purdy, published 1833.

Arrangement

The items are bound in the order 1, 5, 3, 2, 4

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
MPD 123; T 62/128
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Archives and libraries
Asia
Europe and Russia
Maps and plans
Australia and Pacific
Americas
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3982315/

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MPDD 1

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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

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Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from records of the Treasury

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Within the series: MPDD 1

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