Plan of Po. Pontangh or Princes Island and adjacent coast of Java from a Dutch ms. in the collection of the Hon. Tho. Howe: decd.
Single sheet, engraving. Scale [circa 1:200,000]. Bar scale in nautic miles. This is an ungraduated chart of Panaitan, Sunda Strait, Indonesia. The chart contains 2 views: 1) View of Princes Island, John Michel Aubert 1752; 2) View of the waterfall on Java near Mew Bay, J.M. Aubert 1752. A note under the title says that the soundings in Casuaris Bay were added from another Dutch manuscript.
This chart was reissued under the Hydrographical Office imprint in an atlas published in about 1842.
This chart was reissued under the Hydrographical Office imprint in an atlas published in about 1842.
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Object Details
ID: | G258:6/10 |
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Collection: | Charts and maps |
Type: | Chart |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | H., W.; Dalrymple, Alexander |
Places: | Sunda Strait; Pulau Panaitan Gunung Gede |
Date made: | 1788 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Printed area 30 x 32cm, on sheet 32 x 34.5cm. |