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Ireland: County Cork. 'Cork-Harbour, Surveyed by Jn o. Knight Esq. Rear Admiral of...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/740
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This record is about the Ireland: County Cork. 'Cork-Harbour, Surveyed by Jn o. Knight Esq. Rear Admiral of... dating from 1801 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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Date (When the record was created)
- 1801
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Ireland: County Cork. 'Cork-Harbour, Surveyed by Jn o. Knight Esq. Rear Admiral of the Blue': hydrographic chart. Notes on navigational features. Scale: 6.4 inches to 3 miles. Compass lines. Inset views of the coast. Engraved by T Tagg. Published by David Steel at the Navigation Warehouse, Little Tower Hill, London, 16 February 1801. Apparently acquired from A Edwards, Printer and Stationer, 6 Castle Street, Cork (label affixed to dorse). Endorsed: 'No 3'; apparently one of a set of twelve plans received from Captain Birch in 1805.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- WO 78/964
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- English
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- 52.8 cm x 74.2 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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