[England, east coast, Spurn Head to South Foreland]

Single sheet. Coloured manuscript drawn on vellum, mounted on two hinged oak boards. Scale [circa 1:400,000]. The scale is in miles. The chart has no latitude graduation. It shows sand banks and many soundings.

Made by John Thornton dwelling in East Smithfield neare Tower Hill anno domi 1667. John Thornton was a Thames School chartmaker, apprenticed to John Burston in 1656. Later in his career he produced important printed charts.

Object Details

ID: G218:11/6
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Thornton, John
Places: North Sea; River Humber Dover River Thames England
Date made: 1667
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: 69 x 54cm.