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Catalogue reference: MR 1/1771/12
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1 item (originally enclosed in Consul Cooper's despatch number 20, 2 March 1857)...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/2003
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MR 1/2003
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1820]-1857
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (originally enclosed in Consul Cooper's despatch number 20, 2 March 1857) extracted from FO 13/356. Brazil. [Admiralty chart 1078] and part of [Admiralty chart 1079] joined to form a map of the north-eastern coast between São Luís and Estância. Compass indicator; west at the top. [Surveyed by Baron Roussin, 1820; ?revised to 1857]. Insets: charts of Maceió, Pernambuco (i.e. Recife) harbour, the Rio Grande do Norte, the Aracati (or Jaguaribe) River, the mouth of the River Paraiba, and the Bay of Ceará; views of parts of the coast. MS addition: chart of Las Rocas. A sheet affixed to the face of this base map bears the following: 'Map Shewing the First Section of the Recife & San Francisco Railway - Pernambuco - 1853 - M.A. Borthwick, Engineer'. Reference note to the proposed line of the railway. Scale: 1 inch to 6 miles [1:380,160]. Surveyed by Alfred Mornay; lithographed by C F Cheffins. Inset: map of eastern Brazil. Another sheet affixed to the base map bears the MS title: 'Chart of the consulate of Pernambuco including the ports of Pernambuco, Paraiba, Maceio, Rio Grande, Aracati and Ceara; the Roccas, and a map of the line of Railway'.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- 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 1078; Admiralty chart 1079
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 95.5 cm x 88 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:1450000
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Printed, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561030/
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