The form of the whirlpool at the south east of Sumboe with the soundings

Single sheet. Engraving on thin paper, mounted on card. Below the whirlpool diagram there is a view of Den sydere ende af Suderoe (the south end of Suderow, Faeroe Islands).

This is a book illustration, page 52 of: A description of the islands and inhabitants of Foeroe, Englished by John Sterpin, published in London in 1676.

Object Details

ID: G214:15/3
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Cross, T.
Places: Faeroe Islands
Date made: 1676
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Printed area 24.5 x 18cm, on sheet 30.5 x 20cm.
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