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.

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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

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

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