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1 item formerly part of PRO 30/8/316. Europe. 'Fairburn's Map of the Scene of Action...
Catalogue reference: MPII 1/61
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This record is about the 1 item formerly part of PRO 30/8/316. Europe. 'Fairburn's Map of the Scene of Action... dating from 1805 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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MPII 1/61
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Date (When the record was created)
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1805
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item formerly part of PRO 30/8/316. Europe. 'Fairburn's Map of the Scene of Action on the German, French, Dutch, Swiss and Italian Frontiers Exhibiting at One View the whole Theatre of War from the Mediterranean Sea to Dutch Brabant and Gelders, including the Rivers Rhine, Po, Danube, Neckar, Mayne, Lahn, Moselle, Meuse... '. Scale: 1 inch to about 13.5 miles. Reference note on boundaries. Compass indicator. Published by John Fairburn, 146 Minories, London, 21 October 1805. Third edition. Originally accompanying papers of William Pitt the Younger.
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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)
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PRO 30/8/316; MPI 130
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Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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115 cm x 65 cm
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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: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 372.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4047166/
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