Tabula hydrographica Sinus Finnici

Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Physical description Note: Coloured in outline. Scale: [ca. 1:600 000]. Cartographic Note: Graduated, meridian of Ferro. Rhumbs drawn on sea area. Variation and soundings shown. Scales in French and English sea miles, German miles, Swedish miles and Russian versts. Additional Places: Gulf of Finland, Stockholm, St Petersburg. Contents Note: Navigable channels through the islands are marked. There is a key to symbols. The cartouche shows seahorses with Neptune and mermen.

Object Details

ID: GREN55/9
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Schmidt, J.F.
Places: Gulf of Finland; Stockholm County Saint Petersburg
Date made: 1779
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: 121.5 x 49cm.
Parts: The map collection of William Wyndham Grenville, Prime Minister, 1759-1834 (Chart)