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Map of the British Isles, with the coast of France from Calais to Brest and (inset)...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/636
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This record is about the Map of the British Isles, with the coast of France from Calais to Brest and (inset)... dating from [?c1750] 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 1/636
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Date (When the record was created)
- [?c1750]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Map of the British Isles, with the coast of France from Calais to Brest and (inset) coast of Flanders from Ostend to Ambleteuse. Shows cities, boroughs, market-towns and villages. Reference table in a rococo cartouche decorated with fruit and surveying instruments. Title in a rococo cartouche flanked by a three-deck ship, an anchor, a cask, bales, a tree, a cannon firing, the royal arms on a scroll: surmounted by a draped female figure seated on a cloud. Decorative border. Scale: 1 inch to 9 miles. Two compass stars, one a sun in splendour. [By] Richard William Seale, geographer. Published by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the Prince of Wales, opposite Northumberland House in the Strand.
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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)
- T 62/17
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- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 147.8 cm x 151.9 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: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860 (London, 1967), entry 5
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559663/
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MR 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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Map of the British Isles, with the coast of France from Calais to Brest and (inset)...
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