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FA1992.1.1:-
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Chart, hand coloured engraving, England South Coast, Owers to Dunnose
including Spithead, scale about 1.2 miles to 1 inch, surveyed by Captain William
L Sheringham RN, published by the Hydrographic Office, 1848.
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One coastal view is relevant to Hampshire - Portsea Island from the south 'Dock
Mill in one with W. end of Chalk Pit N. by E. 1/2 E. is the mark for the
Bembridge Buoyand clears Betty Ledge.'
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map feature:-
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compass rose & magnetic variation & lat and long scales & lat and
long grid & sea tinted & depth soundings & depth contours &
sandbanks & sea marks & leading lines & lighthouses & buoys
& coast line tinted & coast view & harbours & headlands &
coastal defence & castles & fortifications & settlements & roads
& railways & telegraphs & mills & windmills |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- upper right
HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE
-- foul anchor & wreath of oak leaves |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- upper right
ENGLAND / SOUTH COAST / OWERS TO DUNNOSE / INCLUDING / SPITHEAD / SURVEYED
BY CAPTN. SHERINGHAM R.N. F.G.&A.S.
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dimension:- |
wxh, sheet = 96.5x65cm (trimmed at bottom) |
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wxh, map = 947x640mm (?) |
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scale = 1 to 53000 ? (1 to 52558 from latitude scale, 15 mins = 529.5 mm) |
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Map Group -- Sheringham 1840s-50s -- with Research Notes
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town names:-
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Hampshire
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Hampshire
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map name
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modern name
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Fareham
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Fareham
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Gosport
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Gosport
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Havant
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Havant
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Portsmouth
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Portsmouth
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