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Malta. Map showing roads, rivers, the nature of the terrain, and place names. Reference...

Catalogue reference: WO 78/2459/16

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This record is about the Malta. Map showing roads, rivers, the nature of the terrain, and place names. Reference... dating from 1824-[1856] in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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WO 78/2459/16
Date
1824-[1856]
Description

Malta. Map showing roads, rivers, the nature of the terrain, and place names. Reference note on place-name elements. Scale: 2 inches to 1 mile. Compass star; south-west at the top. Surveyed and drawn by Lieutenant [James] W Worsley, Royal Engineers, Valletta, 1824; [engraved at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel James, Royal Engineers, 1856], with the outline by C Callaghan, writing by J E Ainslie and hills by W Archibald. Unexplained pencilled additions appear off the northern and western coasts.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Dimensions
60 cm x 145 cm
Map scale
1:31680
Physical condition
Engraved. Damaged at the upper corners
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 2869
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9448674/

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