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Catalogue description 'Plan of the Town, M[o]un[t]a[i]n and Bay of Gibraltar as now fortifyed with the designs...
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| Reference: | MPH 1/6 |
|---|---|
| Description: |
'Plan of the Town, M[o]un[t]a[i]n and Bay of Gibraltar as now fortifyed with the designs of such additional Works as are judg'd necessary to be made for the security of them, by R.K. 5 March NS 1712'. Scale: 4.2 inches to 1,200 feet. Compass star. Reference table to defences, buildings etc. Annotated: 'Note Col. King informed Lord Poulett that there is no proper sand at Gibraltar for building'. The hills around the town and the Rock are in rough perspective. Inset: map of the Straits. 'R.K.' is probably Col Richard King, an engineer officer. Extracted from the papers of Jeffrey, 1st Baron Amherst. |
| Date: | 1712 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in The National Archives: | WO 34/251 |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Dimensions: | 49 cm x 160 cm |
| Map scale: | 1:3428 |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
| Publication note: |
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 1760. |
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