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2 items (drawn by Edward McArthur, Lieut RMA, to illustrate his report dated 19 March...
Catalogue reference: MPI 1/109
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- MPI 1/109
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1854
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Description (What the record is about)
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2 items (drawn by Edward McArthur, Lieut RMA, to illustrate his report dated 19 March 1854 on reconnaissance by HMS Sampson) extracted from ADM 1/5626. Caucasus. (1) 5 views on 1 sheet: (i) 'A': fortress at Sukhumi; (ii) 'B': new earthwork east of Sukhumi; (iii) 'C': 'Fort Navaraginsky' at Sochi; (iv) 'Plan C': fort at Sochi; and (v) 'Plan D': fort at Lazarevskoye. (2) View and plan of 'E': Fort Veliamino. No scales shown. Dimensions of sheets: (1) 35 cm x 23.5 cm; (2) 23.5 cm x 24 cm.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For other items extracted from ADM 1/5626 see MFQ 1/463
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 1507.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4047310/
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