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'A Map of British Honduras [now Belize] ...': showing coast, rivers, mountains, tracks...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/350
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This record is about the 'A Map of British Honduras [now Belize] ...': showing coast, rivers, mountains, tracks... dating from 1867-1868 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 1/350
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1867-1868
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Description (What the record is about)
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'A Map of British Honduras [now Belize] ...': showing coast, rivers, mountains, tracks and roads and the limits of the Port of Belize. Reference table. Approximate scale: 1 inch to 6 miles. Compass indicator. Surveyed by J H Faber (Crown Surveyor), E L Rhys and Lieutenant Abbs, RN, 1867. Lithographed Edward Weller, Red Lion Square. Stamped: Topographical Department of the War Office, 7 August 1868.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- F 229
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/2043
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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)
- 100.3 cm x 68.6 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:384000
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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: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 3940
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561454/
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'A Map of British Honduras [now Belize] ...': showing coast, rivers, mountains, tracks...
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