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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
France: Bay of Biscay: 'The New Sea Map of the Coast of France Biscaye and Gallissia...
Catalogue reference: MPII 1/3/2
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPII 1/3/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- [?1710]
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Description (What the record is about)
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France: Bay of Biscay: 'The New Sea Map of the Coast of France Biscaye and Gallissia Betwext Isl Ushand et C De Finisterre'. Title also in Dutch, French and Spanish. Title in rectangle decorated with flowers, fruit and birds. Scale: 14.5 cm to 25 leagues; scale bars also in Dutch and Swedish miles, and French and Spanish leagues. Three compass roses, rhumb lines. By Joannes van Keulen, Amsterdam at the 'gekroonde Lootsman'. Published by G van Keulen.
This may be one of Johannes van Keulen's charts, revised and re-issued by his son, Gerard, in 1710: see R V Tooley, Dictionary of Mapmakers, (Map Collector Publications, 1979). -
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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 99 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:966240
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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: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 1104
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8970485/
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MPII 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various...
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Within the piece: MPII 1/3
Four engraved charts by Dutch mapmakers, two of the Bay of Biscay and two of the...
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France: Bay of Biscay: 'The New Sea Map of the Coast of France Biscaye and Gallissia...
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