A new chart of the Gulph of Paria, the Island of Trinidad, and part of the continent, comprising the great mouth of the Oronoco, and the channels that communicate with it as far as the River Guarapiche Province of Venesuela. Taken from the general chart of F.Mallet geographical ingineer in H.B.M's service October 1801
Single sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Paper in 2 pieces glued together. Scale: [ca. 1:55 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: North at 180 degrees. Graduated, prime meridian Port of Spain, with red ink overlay of degrees west of London. Soundings. Currents. Additional Places: Venezuela, Gulf of Paria, Orinoco River.
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Object Details
ID: | DUC245:19/11 |
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Collection: | Charts and maps |
Type: | Chart |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Mallet, F. |
Places: | Venezuela; Gulf of Paria Rio Orinoco |
Date made: | 1801 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Drawing area 52 x 87.5cm, on sheet 53.5 x 88.5cm. |