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Spain: Cadiz. 'Carte De La Rade de Cadis et des Environs' (map of the1 item extracted...
Catalogue reference: MPI 1/110
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This record is about the Spain: Cadiz. 'Carte De La Rade de Cadis et des Environs' (map of the1 item extracted... dating from [c1750] 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 1/110
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c1750]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Spain: Cadiz. 'Carte De La Rade de Cadis et des Environs' (map of the1 item extracted from an unidentified parent piece now in HCA 32. roads of Cadiz and its surroundings): showing anchorages, works, and prominent landmarks. Scale: 7.8 cm to 3 nautical leagues. Compass rose. Originally filed with papers dated 1740-1750.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- At the date of extraction, the reference of the parent piece was HCA 30/666
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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At the date of extraction, the parent piece bore the reference HCA/666; no record was made of the name of the ship from whose papers this map was extracted. This piece and a number of other were subsequently transferred to the series HCA 32, where they were distributed alphabetically according to the names of the ships to which the papers related. Papers originally in HCA 30/666 related to: Les Aimables Marthes, L'Ardent, Le Benjamin, La Gorgonne, Le Hector, Le Mars, La Parfitte, Providence, St Charles and St François.
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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)
- 16 cm x 26 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:84480
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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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 4211.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4047311/
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