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Egypt: 'Mediterranean. Suez Canal. Port Said. Surveyed by Captain G.S. Nares, R.N....

Catalogue reference: MPK 1/91/16

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This record is about the Egypt: 'Mediterranean. Suez Canal. Port Said. Surveyed by Captain G.S. Nares, R.N.... 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

MPK 1/91/16

Date

1870

Description

Egypt: 'Mediterranean. Suez Canal. Port Said. Surveyed by Captain G.S. Nares, R.N. H.M.S. Newport, 1869-70'. Scale: 13.3 inches to 1.5 sea miles. Compass roses. Inset view of harbour approaches. Some soundings based on French soundings of 1869. Prepared at the Admiralty, March 1870. Lithographed by Malby & Sons.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference

Admiralty chart 234

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Dimensions

65 cm x 82 cm

Physical condition

Lithographed, coloured

Closure status

Open Document, Open Description

Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 668. Reference printed as MPK 1/91.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8932452/

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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...

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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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