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'Track Chart': Admiralty chart of the world. Published at the Admiralty, 30 June...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/638
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This record is about the 'Track Chart': Admiralty chart of the world. Published at the Admiralty, 30 June... dating from 1858 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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- MPH 1/638
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1858
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Track Chart': Admiralty chart of the world. Published at the Admiralty, 30 June 1858. Corrections to January 1865. Added title in MS: 'Plan of Steam Operations for Offensive and Defensive Warfare... 1841' by John Cochran Hoseason, Capt RN. MS additions show the tracks and lengths of Hoseason's voyages; principal wind zones.
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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 78/2069
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- 99 cm x 68.6 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the War Office
3,799 records
Within the series: MPH 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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'Track Chart': Admiralty chart of the world. Published at the Admiralty, 30 June...
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