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FA2000.21.1:-
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Chart, uncoloured engraving, Chart of the Channel between the Isle of Wight
and the Coast of Hampshire, scale about 1 to 24000?, about 3ins to 1 nautical
mile, surveyed by Lt Murdoch Mackenzie, 1781, drawn by Besancon, engraved by
Caplin, published by the Depot-general de la Marine, France, 1824.
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The channel is west part of The Solent. There are two insert coast views of the
entrance to The Solent, from about 3 miles out, and closer in.
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map feature:-
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not coloured & title cartouche & oval cartouche & north point &
magnetic variation & scale line & depth soundings (and bottoms) &
depth contours & coast appearance & coast view & sea marks &
leading lines (with copious comments) & sandbanks & anchorages &
tides (tidal flows) & rivers & harbours & relief & hill
hachuring & settlements (on the coast) & castles & salterns |
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scale line:-
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10 nautical miles = 785.5 mm |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- title cartouche
PLAN / DE LA PARTIE OCCIDENTALE / DU CANAL / qui separe / L'ILE DE WIGHT, /
DE LA COTE DE HAMPSHIRE. / Leve en 1781 par le Lieutenant Murdoch Mackensie. /
PUBLIE PAR ORDRE DU ROI / Sous le Ministere de Son Excellence M. le Marquis DE
CLERMONT-TONNERRE / Pair de France, Secretaire d'Etat au Department de la Marine
et des Colonies, / Au Depot-generale de la Marine / en 1824.
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inscription:- |
printed -on- bottom
Grave par Caplin Ecrit par Besancon PRIX Trois Francs.
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dimension:- |
wxh, sheet = 103x69cm |
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wxh, plate = 981x646mm |
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wxh, map = 941x614mm |
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scale = 1 to 24000 ? (1 to 23604 from scale line assuming english nautical
mile) |
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Map Group -- Mackenzie 1780s -- with Research Notes
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town names:-
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Limington
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Hampshire
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map name
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modern name
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Limington
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Lymington
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| MN: 4.10.2001 |
