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Carte de la Manche faite par ordre du Roy pour le service des armees de mer. Revuee et corrigee par le Sr.Sanson a Paris chez Hubert Jaillot 1692.
Single sheet. Engraving coloured in outline. Scale [circa1:850,000]. The scale is in marine leagues. This is a chart of the English Channel and the Atlantic coasts of southern Britain and northern France, on Mercator's projection. It has borders graduated for latitude and longitude from the meridian of Ferro. Sandbanks and soundings are shown.
This chart was included in Jaillot's Le Neptune Francois, published in 1693.
This chart was included in Jaillot's Le Neptune Francois, published in 1693.
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Object Details
| ID: | G223:1/22 |
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| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Sanson, Nicolas; Jaillot, Alexis-Hubert |
| Places: | English Channel |
| Date made: | 1692 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Printed area 59 x 80cm, on sheet 63 x 97cm. |