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.

Object Details

ID: G223:2/13
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.