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1 item extracted from ADM 1/2647. Map of the Virgin Islands showing rocks and channels...
Catalogue reference: MPII 1/25
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from ADM 1/2647. Map of the Virgin Islands showing rocks and channels... dating from 1716 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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPII 1/25
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1716
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from ADM 1/2647. Map of the Virgin Islands showing rocks and channels for ships. Scale: 1 inch to 11 leagues. Compass indicator. Originally accompanying a memorandum of 1716 by Captain John Walton.
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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)
- MPI 374
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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)
- 56 cm x 110.5 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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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 3834. Reference originally printed as MPI 374: extract reference subsequently altered to MPII 1/25.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4047130/
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