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Catalogue reference: MPI 1/97
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This record is about the 1 item (enclosed in a letter dated 5 September 1808 from Richard Smith, merchant,... dating from [c.1700]-[1808] 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPI 1/97
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c.1700]-[1808]
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (enclosed in a letter dated 5 September 1808 from Richard Smith, merchant, to the Admiralty) extracted from ADM 1/5017. Chart of the sound between Falsterbo, Sweden, and Kull Point, Denmark. Compass star. Surveyed by Captain Nagaev of the Russian Navy. MS additions give the main place names in English. According to Smith this chart was based on 'a survey ordered by Peter the Great'.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English and Russian
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 38 cm x 54 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:295395
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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 884.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4047298/
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