A chart of the British Channel.. by John Knight Esq Rear Admiral of the Blue the second edition London; published by P. Steel, Little Tower Hill Jany 12th 1806

Scale: circa 1:600,000. Chart of the English Channel, with parts of the North Sea and St Georges Channel. With eight insets and nineteen views. Rhumb line grid. Variation. Mercators projection. Coordinates given. Blue back Insets: [Mounts Bay] 1:130,000 bar; [Long Ships] 1:130,000 bar; [Portsmouth and part of the Isle of Wight] 1:80,000 bar; [Sheerness] 1:100,000 bar; [Exmouth] 1:73,000 bar; [Ushant] 1:120,000 bar; Scilly Isles 1:65,000 bar; [Dartmouth] 1:35,000 bar

Object Details

ID: G223:1/39
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Knight, John
Places: English Channel
Date made: 1806
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 184 cm x 94.5 cm