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1 item extracted from AIR 1/449/15/306/5. 'English Channel': map of the southern...

Catalogue reference: MR 1/1025/6

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This record is about the 1 item extracted from AIR 1/449/15/306/5. 'English Channel': map of the southern... dating from 1877-1918 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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MR 1/1025/6
Date
1877-1918
Description

1 item extracted from AIR 1/449/15/306/5. 'English Channel': map of the southern coasts of England and Ireland and the northern coast of France, showing soundings. Reference table. Compass roses. Surveyed 1877-1881 and 1889-1890; [?produced June 1882]; [?revised October 1913]; magnetic variation to 1917. MS additions, coloured, marking the locations of existing British and French airship stations and the locations of proposed portable sheds; pencilled additions, coloured, marking gridlines, the prevailing wind direction, and unexplained lines. MS labels, identifying the stations, and a reference table are affixed to the map.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Map designation
Admiralty chart 1598
Dimensions
63 cm x 134 cm
Physical condition
Printed
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8969267/

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