This geographical plan of the Island of Saint Helena is dedicated by permission to Field Marshal His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent and Strathearn by Lieut. R.P. Read
Ist edition. Single sheet, hand coloured engraving. Scale [1:9,050]. North is at 223 degrees. The chart is ungraduated and has a scale in miles. Land topography is shown in bird's-eye view. Estates and places of interest are named. The sea is decorated with ships and whales. Facsimiles of Napoleon's signatures are reproduced at bottom right.??
Object Details
ID: | G214:25/2(2) |
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Collection: | Charts and maps |
Type: | Chart |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Burgis & Barfoot; Read, R. P. |
Places: | Saint Helena |
Date made: | 1815 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | 42 x 57cm on sheet 47.5 x 60.5 cm, plate marks 46 x 60 cm. |