A large draught of the Downes shewing the sands shoales depths of water and anchorage with all the leading marks to avoid the dangers therein surveyed by Capt. Wm. Nunn

Single sheet, engraving. Scale [circa 1:63,360 (bar)]. Scale in English miles. North is at 90 degrees. This ungraduated chart with rhumb lines shows leading marks to Sandwich, Deal and Ramsgate. It contains two coastal elevations and pictorial representations of landmarks. The scale bar is decorated with a pair of dividers.

Object Details

ID: G218:6/3(1)
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Nunn, William; Mount & Page
Places: The Downs
Date made: 1750?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Printed area 43 x 55.5cm, on sheet 45 x 57cm.