South Atlantic

Scale: circa 1:8,000,000. Chart of the South Atlantic, on three sheets joined together, blue backed. Printed tracks. Manuscript tracks in red, blue and green. Pencil bearings Insets: 1. Fernando Noronha 1:65,000 (bar); 2. Tristan de Cunha 1:110,000 (bar); 3. [South Georgia] Royal Bay 1:80,000 (bar); 4. The Rocas 1:65,000 (bar); 5. Ascension 1:100,000 (bar); 6. St Helena 1:100,000 (bar); 7. Martin Vaz Islets 1:90,000 (bar); 8. Trinidad Island 1:70,000 (bar); 9. Anchorage of Gough Isles 1:50,000 (bar); 10. St Paul Rocks 1:27,500 (bar); Four smaller maps: 1. South Atlantic currents; 2. Tracks for steam vessels; 3. Tracks for vessels with sail and steam power; 4. Winds in the South Atlantic.

Object Details

ID: G213:8/14
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: James Imray & Son
Places: Southern Atlantic
Date made: 1909
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 163 cm x 106 cm