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1 item extracted from CO 5/187. North America: Vancouver Island (now part of British...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/127
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from CO 5/187. North America: Vancouver Island (now part of British... dating from [c1793] 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MFQ 1/127
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c1793]
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from CO 5/187. North America: Vancouver Island (now part of British Columbia, Canada). 'A View of Friendly Cove in Nootka Sound': painting, showing the shore with huts and trees; an area of land to be ceded 'by Sigr. Quadra on the part of the Court of Spain to Geo. Vancouver', is enclosed by a red dotted line. [By] H Humphrys.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For other items extracted from CO 5/187 see MPG 1/557
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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)
- MPM 84
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 23.4 cm x 38.9 cm
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 542.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3983148/
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MFQ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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