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Catalogue reference: WO 78/2420/1
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Item
Russian Empire: Crimea (now part of Ukraine): Sebastopol (Sevastopol'). Two maps:...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/1031/27-28
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This record is about the Russian Empire: Crimea (now part of Ukraine): Sebastopol (Sevastopol'). Two maps:... dating from 1855 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 78/1031/27-28
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1855
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Description (What the record is about)
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Russian Empire: Crimea (now part of Ukraine): Sebastopol (Sevastopol'). Two maps: (27) showing the harbour, contours, roads and fortifications; (28) showing British, French and Russian defence works. Reference table to item (28). Scale: (27) 1:12,644; (28) 1:16,950. Both items copied from maps found on a Russian prisoner of war in 1855, and forwarded by Colonel de Waubert to the French Minister of War on 25 September 1855; item (28) (signed): A C Blondel, [Director, Dépôt de la Guerre]; these copies traced at the [French] Dépôt de la Guerre; sent to Lieutenant Colonel Jervis by order of Jean-Baptiste Philibert, Comte Vaillant, French Minister of War. Dimensions of sheets: (27) 43 cm x 63 cm; (28) 46 cm x 64 cm.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an English-language version of item (28) printed by the Topographical and Statistical Depot, War Department, see FO 925/3546
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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)
- Russia in Europe/Fortified Towns & Forts/17
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- MR 193 (23-24)
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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)
- French
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured, on tracing paper
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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 4895
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9448416/
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