A new chart of the Channel between England and France

Single sheet. Engraving coloured in outline. Scale [circa 1:1,100,000 (bar)]. The bar scale is in English & French leagues. he border is graduated for latitude and the chart has rhumb lines. Soundings, sandbanks and tidal information are shown and there is a text explanation of the tidal information.

This is a chart from Mount & Page's Atlas, Maritimus Novus, first published in 1702 (copy at PBD8256).

Object Details

ID: G223:1/2
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Mount & Page; Mount & Page
Places: English Channel
Date made: 1702
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Printed area 46 x 58cm, on sheet 57 x 69cm.