Carte generale de la Mer Rouge dressee au Depot General de la Marine et des Colonies d'apres les Observations faites en 1787 sur la Fregate la Venus par le Vice-Admiral Rosili et publiee par ordre du ministre l'An 1798 grave par E Collin

Scale: circa 1:1,300,000. Graduated chart of the Red Sea in three parts (this being part C) with a total of twelve insets and numerous views. Mercator projection. Longitude east from Paris. Overall compass grid over sea areas. Variation twelve degrees west.

Insets: 10. Plan particulier de lIle Camaran [Kamaran] (1787) circa 1:700,000; 11. Plan de la Baye Denis [Khor Kathib] leve par Trobriant Cape de Vaisseau circa 1:100,000; 12. Plan de la Rade de Moka leve par Mace en 1772 circa 1:40,000.

Object Details

ID: G253:1/6C
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Depot Generale de la Marine
Places: Red Sea
Date made: 1787; 1798; 1787 1798
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 65.5 cm x 99.5 cm