A new hydrographical survey of the Islands of Shetland By Capt Thomas Preston with many improvements and additions and the sailing directions London. Printed for R Sayer and J Bennett Chartsellers No 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs 3rd Dec 1781
Scale: 1:240,000 (bar). Printed chart of the North Sea, the Orkney Islands. Compass roses and rhumb lines. With 13 coastal elevations. Sailing directions on the chart. Elaborate cartouche. Repaired on the back with paper.
Inset: [Valey Sound and Island] 1:34,000 bar.
Inset: [Valey Sound and Island] 1:34,000 bar.
Object Details
| ID: | G218:16/4 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Preston, Thomas |
| Places: | Shetland |
| Date made: | 1781 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 100 cm x 63.5 cm |