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Pw A 2188/8 : Note in handwriting of William Bentinck on possible landing places for the invasion of England in 1688; n.d. [c. 1688]

[Translated from Dutch]

Number of the Places situated in the West of England

English Miles

up to 48 degrees

Rivers to

Cross

Rije [Rye]

24

from

4

Niewhaven [Newhaven]

30

to

3

Chichester

9

to

1

Portsmouth

12

to

3

Southampton

25

to

4

Distant from the other [each other] 3 to 4 miles

Pole en Chrijst-church [Poole and Christchurch]

18

to

2

Waijmouth [Weymouth]

37

to

3

Lyme between the two difficult but has to be watched

Exmouth

15

to

2

Torbay

Can only be defended with difficulty

4

to

1

Dartmouth River

A landing is possible on both banks

17

to

3

Pleymouth [Plymouth]

40

to

7

Faelmouth [Falmouth]


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