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1 item extracted from ADM 1/7449A. Romania: Danube River. 'Commission Européenne...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/1388
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from ADM 1/7449A. Romania: Danube River. 'Commission Européenne... dating from 1856-1894 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 1/1388
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1856-1894
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from ADM 1/7449A. Romania: Danube River. 'Commission Européenne du Danube. Côte du Delta du Danube. Levé du mois de juillet au mois d'octobre 1894'. Chart of the coast between St George and Kilia mouths, showing shoaling and deepening between 1883 and 1894. The coastline as depicted i) in a British Admiralty survey of 1856; ii) in a survey of 1871 by [Robert] Hansford under the direction of [Sir Charles] Hartley, Chief Engineer; and iii) in a survey of 1883 under the direction of Kühl (south) and M Lischine (north), Romanian Government represented by Otetelechano, Engineer, are also shown. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile. Compass indicator. Surveyed by E Magnusson, Asst Engineer, under the direction of C Kühl, Resident Engineer (area south of Staroe Stamboul) and by Sacharoff, civil engineer, under the direction of L de Roummel, civil engineer (area north of Staroe Stamboul); Romanian Government represented by Capt Popovatz. Lithographed by J Schenk, Galatz. Originally enclosed in a note on Russian Operations in the Kilia dated 11 August 1900 by H W Rolfe, Cdr HMS Cockatrice.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 28 cm x 106 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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MFQ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: MFQ
Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of various departments held...
6,070 records
Within the series: MFQ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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1 item extracted from ADM 1/7449A. Romania: Danube River. 'Commission Européenne...
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