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6 items extracted from FO 195/682. South-east Europe. 6 traced maps and plans (of...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/360
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MFQ 1/360
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Date (When the record was created)
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1861
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6 items extracted from FO 195/682. South-east Europe. 6 traced maps and plans (of territory now in Moldova, Romania and Ukraine) showing parts of the Rivers Danube and Prut. (1) 'Plan of the Kilia [now usually Kiliya] mouths of the Danube Showing the Township and Fishery of Wilkov [Vylkove]'. Reference note on boundaries. Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile [1:63,360]. Compass indicator. (2) 'Plan of the Kilia Branch': showing the Kiliya branch of the River Danube from Izmayil to the Black Sea, with a proposed boundary [between Ottoman territory and Imperial Russian territory], as outlined in a note by E Engelhardt, French Commissioner, European Commission of the Danube, 20 January 1861. Scale: 1 inch to 1 nautical mile [1:72,960]. Compass indicator. (3) Map of the Danube delta and territory as far inland as Galati, showing an area of land to be restored to the Ottoman Empire. Scale: 1 inch to about 7.2 miles [1:456,192 (calculated)]. (4) Map of the area between Tulcea and Chernivtsi, showing the limit of the area exporting corn via the Danube and the importance of the River Prut. Scale: 1 inch to about 11.7 miles [1:741,312 (calculated)]. (5) Same as item 3. (6) Map of the same area as item 2, showing the existing boundary and boundaries proposed by the Russian and French commissioners. Dimensions: (1) 39.5 cm x 41.5 cm; (2) and (6) each 49.5 cm x 111 cm; (3) and (5) each 43 cm x 30 cm; (4) 62 cm x 46 cm. Originally enclosed with the correspondence of Major J Stokes, Royal Engineers, British Commisssioner on the Danube. Items 1-3 and 5 originally sent by Major J Stokes, Royal Engineers, British Commissioner on the Danube, to Sir Henry Bulwer, Constantinople; item 4 formerly illustrating a copy of a letter by Stokes, 13 July 1861.
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English and French
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entries 3926 (items 3, 5), 3928 (item 4), 3989 (item 2), 3990 (item 6), 4926 (item 1).
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