A new and correct chart from the Isle of Dogs, to Prittlewell, and the Nore

Bound sheet, engraving. Scale: [circa 1: ]. Bar scale in miles. North at 159 degrees (magnetic). Contains sailing directions, a list of the best places for ships to anchor and a table of shallows. The cartouche is decorated with Father Thames and a boy fishing with a hand-line.

Object Details

ID: DIS01(2)
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Diston, John; Robert Laurie & James Whittle
Date made: 1797
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Printed area 50.5 x 71cm, on sheet 53 x 75cm.