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1 item (enclosure to letter dated 18 May 1748 from Capt Hamar of HMS Adventure) extracted...
Catalogue reference: MPI 1/430
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This record is about the 1 item (enclosure to letter dated 18 May 1748 from Capt Hamar of HMS Adventure) extracted... dating from 1748 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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- MPI 1/430
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1748
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (enclosure to letter dated 18 May 1748 from Capt Hamar of HMS Adventure) extracted from ADM 1/1887. North America: South Carolina. Map of the entrance to Port Royal Harbour, showing soundings, currents, anchorages, and trees and buildings in relief. Reference tables and notes on tides and composition of the sea bed. Inset: plan of the careening creek for HMS Adventure. Scales: map 1 inch to 1 mile; inset 1 inch to 100 fathoms. Compass roses and lines. Signed by Capt Joseph Hamar.
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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
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 55.5 cm x 38.5 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: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 2864
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4047631/
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