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'A Rough Outline of the Forts & Batteries Defending the Bay and Town of Funchal in...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/575
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- MR 1/575
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1807
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Description (What the record is about)
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'A Rough Outline of the Forts & Batteries Defending the Bay and Town of Funchal in the Island of Madeira surrendered by Capitulation on the 24 Decr 1807': map. Scale: 1 inch to 286 feet. Compass indicator. A note states: 'the whole Bay and Town of Funchal is surrounded by an immense amphi-theatre of bold and mountainous hills many hundred feet above the level of the sea'. This map was sent to the War Office by Captain A Morshead.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/1339B
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 56 cm x 93 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:3432
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured
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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: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 3571
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559602/
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Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from records of various departments
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