Item
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
2 copies of a chart of Viscount Melville Sound, showing the 69 mile drift of HMS...
Catalogue reference: MPII 1/18/1-2
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This record is about the 2 copies of a chart of Viscount Melville Sound, showing the 69 mile drift of HMS... dating from 1853 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 1/18/1-2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1853
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Description (What the record is about)
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2 copies of a chart of Viscount Melville Sound, showing the 69 mile drift of HMS Resolute, Captain H Kellett CB, while caught in the ice 10 September-12 November 1853. Scale: 1 inch to 6 miles. (1) countersigned by Sir Edward Belcher, commander of the expedition in search of Franklin.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 29 cm x 50.5 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, on tracing paper
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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: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 1068
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9265802/
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MPII 1
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