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1 item extracted from HCA 32/176 (formerly HCA 30/707). 'L'Isle de la Martinique':...
Catalogue reference: MPI 1/118
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from HCA 32/176 (formerly HCA 30/707). 'L'Isle de la Martinique':... dating from [1757] 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 1/118
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1757]
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from HCA 32/176 (formerly HCA 30/707). 'L'Isle de la Martinique': map showing terrain, settlements and roads. Title in decorative cartouche. Scale: 2.5 cm to 1 lieue. Compass rose. The map was probably captured with other papers from the French ship Le Constant during the Seven Years War.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- At the date of extraction, the parent document reference was HCA 30/707. It was subsequently removed to class HCA 32, but no record was kept of the name of the ship from whose papers the extract had been taken.
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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)
- French
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 45 cm x 57.1 cm
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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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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 3605. Archival reference originally printed as HCA 30/707: this reference subsequently altered to HCA 32/176
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4047319/
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