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'Plan of Port Royal in the Island of Jamaica surveyed and drawn in January 1810 by...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/154
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This record is about the 'Plan of Port Royal in the Island of Jamaica surveyed and drawn in January 1810 by... dating from 1810 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... 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)
- MPH 1/154
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1810
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Plan of Port Royal in the Island of Jamaica surveyed and drawn in January 1810 by Major John B. Pechon, Island Draftsman': shows the dockyard, wharfs, forts, named streets. Scale: 1 inch to 100 feet. Reference table to defence works and military buildings. Compass indicator. Signed by Pechon.
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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 78/1083; WO 38/113; WOD 113
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 60.2 cm x 96.3 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:1200
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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 3574
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561961/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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