Plan to illustrate 'Memorandum respecting the Island of San Juan'. Great Britain. Foreign Office. 1859
Public1 item (originally to illustrate 'Memorandum respecting the Island of San Juan') extracted from ADM 1/5720. Plan illustrating proposals for a boundary between British and United States' possesions, in the vicinity of Vancouver Island and the mainland around San Juan Island [now in Washington State, United States of America]. Reference table to proposed boundary lines. Scale: 1 inch to 3.2 miles (calculated). A note reads 'Copied from a reconnaissance by the officers of the U.S. Navy in 1854 with the exception of the lines drawn through the channels'. Initialled by 'G.H.R', HMS Plumper, 3 December 1857 and signed by James [?Prevost], Captain HMS Satellite. Titles supplied by cataloger.
- In Collection:
- 1 sheet
- San Juan Islands and surrounding area
- 49.48262, -124.06723
- 39.76, -98.5
- 48.58316, -122.96796
- 48.93502, -123.58864
- 49.65064, -125.44939
- 60.10867, -113.64258
- 1854 to 1857
- 1:202,752
- Early BC Maps Collection
- National Archives of the UK
- Funded by a Canadian Council of Archives, Archival Community Digitization Program.
- April 12, 2010
- Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by JTP April 28, 2010.
- 600 dpi jpg
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