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1 item extracted from FO 5/1639 (folio 130). Russian America (subsequently Alaska,...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/403
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from FO 5/1639 (folio 130). Russian America (subsequently Alaska,... dating from 1865-1874 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MR 1/403
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1865-1874
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1 item extracted from FO 5/1639 (folio 130). Russian America (subsequently Alaska, United States of America). 'America. North West Coast. Port Simpson to Cross Sound including the Koloschensk Archipelago [now the Alexander Archipelago] chiefly from Vancouver's Survey in 1792, corrected from a Russian Chart published in 1853': map showing named islands and soundings. Scale: 1 inch to about 8.3 miles. Compass roses. Published 13 July 1865; corrected to October 1869. Inset: 'Anchorage of Point Highfield': map showing soundings; also showing Simonof Island. MS additions, coloured, showing the boundary between Alaska and British Columbia, along the Portland Canal and south of Prince of Wales Island. MS endorsement: 'Chart of the Portland Canal (Alaska Boundary) - With Admiralty letter of 16 June 1873. Two other copies of this map were procured from the Admiralty, for the use of Sir E Thornton and Capt Cameron, January 24, 1874'.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- Admiralty chart 2431
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- Engraved
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 2182
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