Catalogue description 1 item extracted from ADM 1/5612 . Admiralty chart of the coast of South Africa from...

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Details of MPI 1/174
Reference: MPI 1/174
Description:

1 item extracted from ADM 1/5612. Admiralty chart of the coast of South Africa from Table Bay to Cape Agulhas. Scale: 1 inch to about 4.5 sea miles. Compass rose. Engraved by J & C Walker. Published 20 October 1851. Endorsed 'With R 35-1852'. MS additions show the correct position of magnetic North and other calculations, taken in connection with the loss of the troopship HMS Birkenhead in 1852.
Date: 1851-1852
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MFQ 1/85
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Map designation: Admiralty Chart 2082
Dimensions: 50 cm x 63 cm
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Publication note:

Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 2514. Archival reference erroneously printed as ADM 1/612

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