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'A New Map, or Chart of The Mediterranean Sea made from the draughts of the Pilots...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/33
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This record is about the 'A New Map, or Chart of The Mediterranean Sea made from the draughts of the Pilots... dating from 1738 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPHH 1/33
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1738
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Description (What the record is about)
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'A New Map, or Chart of The Mediterranean Sea made from the draughts of the Pilots of Marseilles and Corrected by the best Astronomical Observations By Order of M gr. le comte de Maurepas 1738 ...'. Reference notes on latitude and longitude. Approximate scale: 1 inch to 45 miles (calculated). Compass stars and lines. By John Senex Fellow of the Royal Society. Insets: 'The Harbour & Port of Mahon in Minorca'; 'The Bay of Naples'; 'The Bay of Smyrna'; 'The Gulf of Scandaroon'; 'Salonica Bay'; 'A Draught of the Port of Alexandria and the River Nile to Grand Cairo'; 'A Correct Map of the Straits of Gibraltar with the Coast of Spain from Cadis to Malaga'; and 'The Road of Legorne'.
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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 78/1803
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 58 cm x 133 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:3202848
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- 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: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 5085.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561137/
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