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A chart of Lord Howe Island,discover'd by Lieut. Henry Lidgbird Ball, in His Majesty's arm'd tender Supply on the 17th Feby. 1788.
Single sheet. Engraving. Scale circa 1:45,000 (bar). Bar scale in miles. Ungraduated chart. North at 302 degrees. Latitude and longitude ('by moon & star') stated and variation given. [Latitude error is 4 minutes, longitude error only 1 minute.] Soundings shown. The chart contains an inset view: A view of Lord Howe Island.
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Object Details
| ID: | G262:16/2 |
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| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Stockdale, John |
| Places: | Lord Howe Island |
| Date made: | 1789 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Printed area 24 x 33cm, on sheet 28 x 42cm. |