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Cape of Good Hope (now in South Africa). 'Plan of Camps Bay, Cape of Good Hope Surveyed...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/706
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This record is about the Cape of Good Hope (now in South Africa). 'Plan of Camps Bay, Cape of Good Hope Surveyed... dating from 1812-1813 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 1/706
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1812-1813
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Description (What the record is about)
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Cape of Good Hope (now in South Africa). 'Plan of Camps Bay, Cape of Good Hope Surveyed by order of the Hon. Robert Stopford, Rear Admiral of the Red & C. in C. at the Cape, taken March 1812 by P.W. Gawthrop, Master of H.M. Ship Lion'. Scale: 7.8 inches to 1019.5 yards (stated to be equivalent to half a nautical mile). Detailed account of method of survey. Compass indicator. Copied by J Azerond, draughtsman. Signed by Henry Smart, Capt CRE, and received from him in 1813.
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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 78/849
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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)
- 54 cm x 62 cm
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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: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 2576
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562513/
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MPH 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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