A General Chart of The North Sea Constructed from a Great Variety of Original and Accurate Surveys by John Purdy

Scale: circa 1:1,800,000 (Lat). Blue-backed chart on two sheets joined. Canvas edged. Four insets, sixteen views and drawings of Bell Rock lighthouse in a gale Insets: 1. (Pentland Frith) circa 1:200,000 (bar); 2. Sound of Balta circa 1:53,000 (bar); 3. The Environs of Bergen circa 1:225,000 (bar); 4. Christian Sound & Co. circa 1:250,000 (bar)

Object Details

ID: WSK218:1/11
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Purdy, John; Laurie, Richard Holmes
Date made: 1836
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 129 cm x 97 cm