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'Plan of Dieppe and its Environs in Normandy Shewing the Practicability of a Descent...

Catalogue reference: MPH 1/82/17

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This record is about the 'Plan of Dieppe and its Environs in Normandy Shewing the Practicability of a Descent... 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
MPH 1/82/17
Date
[? late 18th century]
Description

'Plan of Dieppe and its Environs in Normandy Shewing the Practicability of a Descent at the Beginning of a War with France ...'. Scale not consistent; distances given. Title and description in panel along lower border. The purpose of the 'Descent' was stated to be the capture of four or five thousand fishermen in Dieppe, to bring them and their boats to England, and thus inflict 'a great loss [on] the Enemy'.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Dimensions
19 cm x 44 cm
Physical condition
MS, coloured
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 1172.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8868671/

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