The western coast of Central America &C

Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Backed with blue paper. Scale: [ca.1:1 850 000 (bar)]. Contents Note: Fourteen insets.
Insets: 1. The Oregon or Columbia River from the Sea to Fort Vancouver circa 1:350,000 (bar); 2. Sandwich Islands circa 1:2,000,000 (Lat); 3. Honoruru Harbour circa 1:40,000 (bar); 4. Kourua Bay circa 1:25,000 (bar); 5. Waiakia or Byron Bay circa 1:97,500 (bar); 6. Hanalai Bay circa 1:45,000 (bar); 7. Acapulco Bay circa 1:60,000 (bar); 8. Port Scarificios circa 1:19,000 (bar); 9. Port Guatulco by Capt Sir Edward Belcher, 1838 circa 1:32,000 (bar); 10. Port la Union by Capt Sir Edward Belcher, 1838 circa 1:250,000 (bar); 11. Realejo Harbour by Capt Sir Edward Belcher, 1838 circa 1:75,000 (bar); 12. Harbours & c. on the NW coast of Otaheite, by FW Beechey, 1826 circa 1:38,000 (bar); 13. Bay of Panama by Belcher circa 1:130,000 (bar); 14. Galapagos Islands, by Captain Fitzroy circa 1:4,500,000 (Lat).

Object Details

ID: G278:8/4
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Beechey, Frederick William; Laurie, Richard Holmes
Date made: 1850
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 68 cm x 101.5 cm