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Indian Ocean

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Title: Indian Ocean : Western sheet from the Cape of Good Hope to Cape Comorin ; Indian Ocean Eastern sheet from Cape Comerin to Australia
Author: Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept.
Publication details: London : Published at the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty January 21st 1856 : Sold by J.D. Potter for the Admiralty Charts, 31 Poultry & 11 King Street, Tower Hill, 1863.
Physical description: .2 maps on 1 sheet : col., dissected and mounted on linen; 106 x 157 cm., folded to 40 x 29 cm. in slipcase.
Scale: [ca. 1:8 500 000]
Notes: Correction to Decr. 1863.
Map of Indian Ocean and surrounding countries with relief shown by hachures.
"Magnetic variation in 1858"
Charat "784c"

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