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6 items extracted from FO 102/62. North Africa. 6 sheets of plans of archaeological...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/616
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This record is about the 6 items extracted from FO 102/62. North Africa. 6 sheets of plans of archaeological... dating from 1857-1859 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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- MFQ 1/616
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1857-1859
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Description (What the record is about)
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6 items extracted from FO 102/62. North Africa. 6 sheets of plans of archaeological sites now in Tunisia. (1) 'Plan of the peninsula of Carthage exhibiting the present excavations...': also showing Roman ruins above ground. Reference notes to figures and signs. Compass indicator. (2) Floor plan of large mosaic excavated at Carthage, showing portions the shipped aboard HMS Curaçao; also indicating those portions which had been lost prior to excavation; the actual mosaic is now in the British Museum. Reference notes to numbers and colouring. (3)-(4) 2 detailed drawings of irregular-shaped portions of the mosaic, mounted on cardboard. (5) 'Plan of Utica. June 1858. By Lieutenant E A Porcher, Royal Navy. Latitude 37° 4' N, Longitude 10° O E': ground plan on tracing paper, showing the sites of ruins. Scale: 1:10560. Compass indicator. (6) The peninsula of Carthage, showing the sites of excavations, ruins, the Lake of Tunis, roads, and terrain. Compass indicator. Sheet sizes between 26 cm x 35 cm and 59 cm x 118 cm. Item 6 produced to illustrate a report: 'Ruins of Carthage', 21 December 1858. All items originally enclosed in despatches from N[athan] Davis, excavator: (1) 28 May 1857; (2)-(4) 29 June 1857; (5) 26 June 1858; (6) 15 January 1859.
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Portfolio 1 contains items 1-3; portfolio 2 contains items 4-6. Item 4 is at the back of portfolio 2.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 portfolio(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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