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[?]Florida (now part of the United States of America): San Agostín de la Florida...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/1017/4/37
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This record is about the [?]Florida (now part of the United States of America): San Agostín de la Florida... dating from 1763 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. 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)
- WO 78/1017/4/37
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1763
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Description (What the record is about)
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[?]Florida (now part of the United States of America): San Agostín de la Florida (now Saint Augustine). 'Plano del frenie principal del Castillo de Sn. Agustin de la Florida y del Revellin ...': plan of the principal front of the fortress [probably Fort Saint Mark (Castillo San Marco)]. Reference table to fortifications. Scale: 1 inch to about 4.5 'toesas' [toises] [1 inch to about 24 feet]. Compass indicator. Signed by Pedro de Repzas y Garar, 22 February 1763.
It has been suggested that this plan depicts a fortress in European Spain, at San Agustín [de Guadalix] about 16 miles (26 km) north of Madrid, and it is possible that it was thought to be such when held as part of the War Office map library. Fort Saint Mark, in Saint Augustine, Florida (which was transferred from Spanish to British control in 1763), seems to be the more likely identification, however.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Spain/Fortified Towns & Forts/6
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- MR 651; WO 78/1017; WO 38/47
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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)
- Spanish
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 38 cm x 48 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured. Damaged at the edges
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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: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 2353. Extract reference originally printed as MR 651/39; document subsequently reverted to WO 78/1017/39. For cataloguing suggesting that the fortress is in European Spain, see Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 4367
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9448348/
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