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Track chart of the world, showing distances. Scale varies with latitude. Mercator's...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/726
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This record is about the Track chart of the world, showing distances. Scale varies with latitude. Mercator's... dating from [c.1869] 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 1/726
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c.1869]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Track chart of the world, showing distances. Scale varies with latitude. Mercator's projection. [By] Staff Commander A Hull, Royal Navy, Superintendent of Charts; lithographed by Malby and Sons. Endorsed: 'Unofficial'.
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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 78/1474
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- 78.5 cm x 127 cm
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- Lithographed
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559753/
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