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Kings MS 43
- Record Id:
- 040-002016961
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002016915
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001207.0x0002f5
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Kings MS 43
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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'A SURVEY and Description of the principal Harbours with their accomodations and conveniences for erecting, moaring, secureing and refitting the Navy Royall of England ... illustrated by generall plans and proper views or prospects of each place. . . with an account of the emprovements which have been made at each yard since the Revolution 1688', drawn up in 1698. The views are neatly drawn, and many of the plans are on a large scale. Comparative plans of the dockyards in 1688 are usually given on the same sheet. The contents are as follows (for a more detailed description see the Catalogue of MS. Maps, 1844, vol. 1) :-
1. Chart of the Thames and Medway, and view of the Medway from Rochester to Sheerness. ff. 4, 5.
2. Surveys, &c., of Dockyards, viz.:-(a) Chatham, f. 7;-(b) Sheerness, f. 40;-(C) Woolwich, f. 48;-(d) Deptford, f. 66;-(e) Portsmouth, f. 89;-(f) Plymouth, f. 126.
3. ' Description of all the forts and castles scituate upon the river Medway.' f. 35 b.
4.. 'A View of the Navy office in London.' f. 147.
5 The value or totals of his Maties dock yards and Navy office.' f. 152.
Paper; ff. 152. 20 1/2 in. x 141/4 in. Bound in dark blue morocco, tooled. The table of contents mentions (f. 2 b) a brass rule to be kept in the book 'to prevent damage ... by compass points', but no such rule is now to be found in it.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- King's Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002016915
040-002016961 - Is part of:
- Kings MS 1-446 : King's Manuscripts
Kings MS 43 : 'A SURVEY and Description of the principal Harbours with their accomodations and conveniences for erecting, moaring, secureing… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002016915[0037]/040-002016961
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Kings MS 1-446
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1688
- End Date:
- 1698
- Date Range:
- 1688-1698
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Exhibitions:
- Picturing places, (online), 27 April 2017-
Powerful Tides: 400 Years of Chatham and the Sea, Chatham Historic Dockyard, Chatham, 23 March 2018 - 17 June 2018 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)