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A new and correct large draught of the Channell between England and France with the coast of Ireland St. Georges & Bristoll Channell and several of the most noteable harbours at large.
Single sheet. Engraving coloured in outline, laid on linen and formerly edged. Scale [circa 1:700,000 (bar)]. The bar scales are in English & French leagues, Dutch miles and Spanish leagues. The border is graduated for latitude. The chart has rhumb lines and a 90 degree variation arc and contains notes on depths and tides. There are five insets: Kinsale harbour [circa1:200,000 (bar)]; Milford Haven [circa 1:95,000 (bar)]; Plymouth Sound [circa 1:70,000 (bar)]; St Malo [circa 1:170,000 (bar)]; and [Hampshire and the Isle of Wight] [circa 1:250,000 (bar)].
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Object Details
| ID: | G223:1/11 |
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| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Thornton, Samuel |
| Places: | English Channel |
| Date made: | 1710 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Printed area 75 x 150cm, on sheet 77 x 151cm. |