Plan of the Island of Tobago, laid down by actual survey under the direction of the Honorable the Commissioners for the Sale of Lands in the Ceded Islands by John Byres Chief Surveyor 1776

Single sheet. Hand col. engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:50 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Graduated map, meridians of Ferro and London. Scale in British statute miles. Additional Places: Caribbean, Lesser Antilles. Contents Note: Settlement plots are numbered. The map is dedicated to William Hewitt, HM Commissioner for adjusting and settling differences and disputes... with respect to the sale of lands in the ceded islands.

Object Details

ID: GREN81/1
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hooper; Byres, John Bayly, John
Places: Caribbean Sea; Lesser Antilles
Date made: 1776
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: 61 cm x 92 cm
Parts: The map collection of William Wyndham Grenville, Prime Minister, 1759-1834 (Chart)