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Admiralty Chart 8035A: sheet 1 of 'English Channel'. Chart showing the coastline...
Catalogue reference: MPEE 1/181
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This record is about the Admiralty Chart 8035A: sheet 1 of 'English Channel'. Chart showing the coastline... dating from 1859-1865 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPEE 1/181
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1859-1865
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Admiralty Chart 8035A: sheet 1 of 'English Channel'. Chart showing the coastline of England from Happisburgh Light in Norfolk to the Shambles Light in Dorset, with part of the coast of France. Scale: about 1 inch to 9 miles. Compass indicators. 1859, with magnetic variations as in 1865. MS additions of 1865 show the line of Pigott's submarine cable from Dover to Cap Gris Nez.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- LRRO 1/1741
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Admiralty Chart 8035A
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- 99.6 cm x 66 cm
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- Engraved
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- Open Document, Open Description
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