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'A Plan of the Island of Heligoland [now part of Germany]': two copies of a map of...

Catalogue reference: MR 1/1879

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Reference
MR 1/1879
Date
1808
Description

'A Plan of the Island of Heligoland [now part of Germany]': two copies of a map of Heligoland (Helgoland) proper and neighbouring Sandy Island (Düne) showing military buildings, rocks, moorings and soundings. Reference table to buildings and fortifications. Scale: 20 inches to 1 mile [1 inch to 88 yards]. Compass indicators. By Lieutenant Sebastian Dickinson, Royal Engineers, 14 November 1808.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
WO 78/378
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Dimensions
118 cm x 192 cm
Map scale
1:3168
Physical condition
MS, coloured
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 1647
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4560906/

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