A chart of the seacoasts from the Landsend of England to Cape Bona Esperanca

Bound sheet. Hand col engr. Scale: [ca. 1:18 000 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 270 degrees. Borders graduated for latitude. Plane chart. Bar scales in English and French leagues, Dutch miles and Spanish leagues. Contents Note: Shows the recommended sailing channel midway between Brasil and Cape Verde. Decorated with the coat of arms of the Royal Africa Company, which had been chartered in 1672. A chart from 'Atlas Maritimus', or the Sea Atlas; being a book of maritime charts.

Object Details

ID: PBE6862(17)
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Seller, John; Darby, John
Date made: 1675
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Printed area 43.5 x 54.5 cm, on sheet 45 x 55.5cm.