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Plover. Arctic exploration. Includes remarks on the inferiority of the preserved...
Catalogue reference: ADM 101/113/2
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This record is about the Plover. Arctic exploration. Includes remarks on the inferiority of the preserved... dating from 1847-1852 in the series Admiralty and predecessors: Office of the Director General of the Medical Department.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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ADM 101/113/2
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Date (When the record was created)
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1847-1852
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Description (What the record is about)
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Plover. Arctic exploration. Includes remarks on the inferiority of the preserved and salt meat and vegetables supplied, on the origin of scurvy and on the surveying of the Bering Straits.
For description purposes, ADM 101/113/2 has been split into five parts (2A, 2B, 2C, 2D and 2E), as follows:
Plover, 6 December 1847-31 December 1848: ADM 101/113/2A.
Plover, 1 January - 31 December 1849: ADM 101/113/2B.
Plover, 1 January - 31 December 1850: ADM 101/113/2C.
Plover, 1 January - 20 September 1851: ADM 101/113/2D.
Plover, 19 September 1851-1 July 1852: ADM 101/113/2E.
NOTE: The five parts are produced as a single document using this catalogue reference (ADM 101/113/2)
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4107206/
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ADM 101
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