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Greece: Corfu. Russian plan of the island, showing terrain, rivers, roads, villages,...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/575
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This record is about the Greece: Corfu. Russian plan of the island, showing terrain, rivers, roads, villages,... dating from [late 18th century] 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 1/575
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Date (When the record was created)
- [late 18th century]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Greece: Corfu. Russian plan of the island, showing terrain, rivers, roads, villages, fortifications, salt works. Pencilled gridlines are still visible. Scale: 6.25 cm to 10 versts; scale bar also in Italian miles; a note in French explains the computation of the scale. Compass star. Oriented to the east. Endorsed: 'N° 2. A20 Small plan of Corfu - Greek'. Part of the War Office linen cover for the map is affixed to the dorse and bears the note: 'Corfu - Map of Island. 1737 X64/21'. '1737' appears to have been taken from the French calculation and erroneously applied as a date. The map itself is undated, but appears to be of the late 18th century.
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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 78/1857
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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, French and Russian
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 40 cm x 58.5 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:168000
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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 2310.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562382/
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