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Plan of Rupert Bay and proposed coal-wharf, surveyed by Mr. Henry A. Moriarty, Master, H.M.S. Penelope, under the direction of Commodore Sir Charles Hotham K.C.B. &c. &c. St. Helena Novr. 1848.
Single sheet. Manuscript drawn in black and red ink. Scale [circa 1:1,600]. The chart of a bay in St Helena is ungraduated and has a scale in feet. Soundings are shown. Fortifications and an encampment for enslaved Africans are depicted. The proposed wharf, moorings and coal store are shown in red on the plan and in view. There are remarks on the works to be carried out.
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Object Details
| ID: | MRY214:25/4 |
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| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Moriarty, Henry Augustus |
| Places: | Saint Helena |
| Date made: | 1848 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Drawing area 53 x 52cm, on sheet 58 x 56cm. |