Chart of the Virgin Isles from Lockwood's trigonometrical survey taken in 1811 by order of the Commander in Cheif [sic] Admiral Sir Francis Laforey, Bart.

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Chart of the Virgin Isles from Lockwood's trigonometrical survey taken in 1811 by order of the Commander in Cheif [sic] Admiral Sir Francis Laforey, Bart.

Single sheet, engraving. The chart retains some of its original 'blue back' (blue cartridge paper) and has been laid on a modern backing sheet. North is at 45 degrees. The chart contains sailing directions, tables of population and annual produce. It marks the positions of shipwrecks and has notes about them.
Fourteen wrecks are shown off the north coast of Anegada.

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Object Details

ID:	G245:15/8
Collection:	Charts and maps
Type:	Chart
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Blachford, Robert; Lockwood Stockley, S.
Places:	Virgin Islands
Date made:	1813
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Printed area 63 x 93cm, on sheet 66 x 96cm.