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'Plan of the Town, M[o]un[t]a[i]n and Bay of Gibraltar as now fortifyed with the...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/6
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- MPH 1/6
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1712
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Plan of the Town, M[o]un[t]a[i]n and Bay of Gibraltar as now fortifyed with the designs of such additional Works as are judg'd necessary to be made for the security of them, by R.K. 5 March NS 1712'. Scale: 4.2 inches to 1,200 feet. Compass star. Reference table to defences, buildings etc. Annotated: 'Note Col. King informed Lord Poulett that there is no proper sand at Gibraltar for building'. The hills around the town and the Rock are in rough perspective. Inset: map of the Straits. 'R.K.' is probably Col Richard King, an engineer officer. Extracted from the papers of Jeffrey, 1st Baron Amherst.
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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 34/251
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 49 cm x 160 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:3428
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- 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 1760.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561813/
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