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Cross section of the part of the line shown in MPII 1/85/1. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet.
Catalogue reference: MPII 1/85/2
Date: 1858
Cross section of the part of the line shown in MPII 1/85/1. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet.
Item
English Channel. Two copies of 'The New Sea Map [of the] Chanell Betwext England...
Catalogue reference: MPII 1/3/3-4
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This record is about the English Channel. Two copies of 'The New Sea Map [of the] Chanell Betwext England... dating from [?1728] in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various.... 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)
- MPII 1/3/3-4
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Date (When the record was created)
- [?1728]
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Description (What the record is about)
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English Channel. Two copies of 'The New Sea Map [of the] Chanell Betwext England et France'. Title (also in Dutch, French and Spanish) in ornate cartouche at lower right. Scale: 18 cm to 20 English and French leagues; scale also in Dutch and Swedish miles, and in Spanish leagues. Two compass roses with rhumb lines. By Joannes van Keulen, Amsterdam at the 'gekroonde Lootsman'. Published by G van Keulen.
Johannes van Keulen's son Gerard published a sea atlas, Flambeau de la Mer, in 1728; this chart may have been printed for inclusion in that work. -
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- 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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Language (The language of the record)
- Dutch and English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 59 cm x 98 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:620928
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- 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: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 5083
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8970442/
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MPII 1
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