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[Atlantic Ocean, Britain and Ireland,France and North Spain]
Single sheet. Hand coloured manuscript drawn on vellum, mounted on two hinged oak boards, each 77 x 30cm. The scale is in English leagues. The border is graduated for latitude. Soundings are shown in the south-west approaches, the Bristol Channel and the English Channel.
Made by John Burston in Ratcliffe Highway at the signe of the platt anno 1664. John Burston was a senior member of the Thames School of chart makers, having been apprenticed to Nicholas Comberford in 1629.
Made by John Burston in Ratcliffe Highway at the signe of the platt anno 1664. John Burston was a senior member of the Thames School of chart makers, having been apprenticed to Nicholas Comberford in 1629.
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Object Details
| ID: | G215:1/4 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Burston, John |
| Places: | Europe Atlantic Coast |
| Date made: | 1664 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 77 x 60cm |