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Atlantic Ocean. 'A New Chart for the West Indies and Guinea Trade': showing the east...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/240
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This record is about the Atlantic Ocean. 'A New Chart for the West Indies and Guinea Trade': showing the east... dating from [?c1725] 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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- MPHH 1/240
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- [?c1725]
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Atlantic Ocean. 'A New Chart for the West Indies and Guinea Trade': showing the east coasts of North and South America and the west coasts of Europe and Africa. Memorandum gives details on how to calculate distances. Title in ornate cartouche. Approximate scale: 12.2 cm (4.8 inches) to 300 French or English leagues; [1:13,662,295 (English leagues)]. Compass rose. Sold by R Mount and T Page. Insets: (1) Southern extension of South America; (2) The Bight of Guinea.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- WO 78/1762
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- English
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- 81.3 cm x 101.6 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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