A late survey by John Diston of Lowestoff, pilot, master & mariner [River Thames from London Bridge to the Isle of Dogs]

Bound sheet, engraving. Scale: [circa 1: ]. Bar scale of one mile in furlongs. The chart depicts and identifies wharves, stairs, docks, warehouses and other shoreside features and shows anchorages. The cartouche is decorated with Father Thames and a boy fishing with a hand-line.

Object Details

ID: DIS01(1)
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Diston, John; Robert Sayer & Co
Date made: 1797
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Printed area 50 x 70.5cm, on sheet 53 x 75cm.