The description of Romney Marsh
Single sheet. Col ms. Medium: Vellum. Physical description Note: Badly faded. Scale: [ca. 1:25 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North shown erroneously at 130 degrees. Scale in furlongs. Additional Places: Hythe, Dungeness, Rye. Contents Note: Text box containing the description of Romney Marsh. Notes on sewers and waterways. Lighthouse shown at Denge Ness. Cartouche with dividers, scrolls and seahorses. Sea area decorated with ships and fishing boats.
Perhaps copied from Matthew Poker's1617 map of Romney Marsh.
Perhaps copied from Matthew Poker's1617 map of Romney Marsh.
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Object Details
ID: | G223:2/13 |
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Collection: | Charts and maps |
Type: | Chart |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Tucker, Elhanan |
Places: | Hythe; Dungeness Rye |
Date made: | circa 1680 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
Measurements: | 64 x 92cm. |