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China Sea sheet 1st. To James Drummond Esquire in acknowledgement for his laudable endeavours towards perfecting the navigation of the China Sea this chart is inscribed by his most obliged James Horsburgh
Edition: Additions to 1815. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:2 500 000]. Cartographic Note: Graduated. Variation shown. Additional Places: Vietnam, Hainan Dao, Macau, Whampoa. Contents Note: Description of the basis of the chart (establishing positions by chronometer) and limits of accuracy. Tracks of Anna 1802, Perseus 1803, Eugenia 1805.
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Object Details
| ID: | G271:1/2 |
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| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Walker, J.; Horsburgh, James Horsburgh, James |
| Places: | Vietnam; Hainan Dao Macau Whampoa Island |
| Date made: | 1806 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Printed area 63 x 91.5cm, on sheet 68.5 x 102cm |
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