This Chart of the Banca, Gasper & Celments Straits, is Inscribed by Permission to the Society of East India Commanders London As a Testimony of Respect and Gratitude for their polite attention & friendship to George Robertson.
Scale: circa 1:800,000 (lat). Chart showing the straits between Sumatra, Bangka and Belitung. Tracks of the Asia, Atlas, (Earl of) Mansfield Hawke, London, Osterley, Ponsborne, Royal Admiral Sulivan, True Britain, and Vansittart printed. Part of a set which makes a complete atlas. See also 258:1/5 (views), 258:2/16, 258:6/13, 258:10/7, 264:2/2, and 298:8/2 a & b (title page and contents sheet).
Coordinates given.
Bibiliography: cf. Atlas PBD8505.
Coordinates given.
Bibiliography: cf. Atlas PBD8505.
Object Details
| ID: | G258:11/6 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Robertson, George; Harmar, T. |
| Places: | Sumatra |
| Date made: | 1788 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 66 cm x 100 cm |