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Catalogue reference: MPK 1/445
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'The Suez Canal Prepared at the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, from a French Survey...
Catalogue reference: MPK 1/91/15
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This record is about the 'The Suez Canal Prepared at the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, from a French Survey... dating from 1870 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)
- MPK 1/91/15
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1870
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Description (What the record is about)
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'The Suez Canal Prepared at the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, from a French Survey in 1869'. Chart showing soundings, beacons, buoys; railway, telegraph; sections (for which see MPK 1/91/4-11). Scale: 2.5 inches to 5,000 yards; 'The breadth of the Canal has been considerably enlarged in order to show the soundings.' Compass rose; magnetic variation 1870. Drawn by Edward J Powell. Prepared at the Admiralty, 8 January 1870. Soundings and sections taken during examination in February 1870. Lithographed by Malby & Sons.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- Admiralty chart 233
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 93 cm x 63 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Engraved
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- 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 704. Reference printed as MPK 1/91.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8932451/
Series information
MPK 1
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 Foreign Office
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Within the series: MPK 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
8 records
Within the piece: MPK 1/91
16 items extracted from FO 78/2256. Admiralty charts and sections of the Suez Canal....
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