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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.
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India. Map of the Gulf of Bengal from Palmyra Point to Chittagong, showing rivers,...
Catalogue reference: MPII 1/49/2
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This record is about the India. Map of the Gulf of Bengal from Palmyra Point to Chittagong, showing rivers,... dating from [1858] 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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- MPII 1/49/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1858]
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Description (What the record is about)
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India. Map of the Gulf of Bengal from Palmyra Point to Chittagong, showing rivers, deltas, present and proposed railway lines, proposed line of canal, sand bars, depth soundings and lightships. Surveyed by Capt Richard Lloyd, Indian Navy, 1840. Insets show (i) the bar of the River Hooghly surveyed by Mr A Bedford, 1854 and (ii) Akyab (now Sittwe), the port of the Arracan (Arakan, now Rakhine) Rivers. A 'Sketch Map of Tea and Coal Localities in Assam' is also shown. Reference notes giving sailing instructions, trade data and other information. Scale not shown. Originally enclosed in 'Summary of Paper [on] Reviews of Steam Navigation on the Bengal Rivers by Andw. Henderson July 1858', itself accompanying a letter to Lord Ellenborough, President of the Board of Control (of India).
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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)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 65.5 cm x 103 cm
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- Printed
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9091249/
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MPII 1
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