[Environs of Philadelphia]

Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:87 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 33 degrees. Variation not shown, ungraduated. Bar scale in English statute miles. Contents Note: Shows roads, buildings and boundaries and the layout of towns. The churches and meeting places of various religious denominations are marked. There is one example of this chart in the collection: 160. Imprint Feb 19th 1777. No relief indicated but wetlands are marked. Printed on Bates paper. Border yellow, rivers blue.

Object Details

ID: HNS160
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet
Date made: 1777
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Plate impressions 79.5 x >52.5cm and 78.5 x >54.5cm.