Pacific Ocean - Admiralty and Hermit Islands compiled from Rear Admiral D'Entrecasteaux' Survey, 1792, with additions and corrections by Mr. Ad. Cheyne 1862, by Lieutenant F.W. Sanders, R.N., 1874, and by Lieutt. J. St. C. Bower, H.M.S. 'Danae' 1879.

Scale: circa 1:750,000 (lat). Chart with four insets and two views; magnetic variation marked. Coordinates given. Watermark: A P & J LONDON.
Insets: [1] Hermit Islands Sketch of Alacrity Harbour By Lieut. F.W. Sanders R.N. H.M.S. Alacrity 1874, scale: circa 1:30,000 (bar); [2] St. Andrew Is. St. Andrew Anchorage By Lieutt. J. St. C. Bower, H.M.S. "Danae" 1879, scale: circa 1:40,000 (bar); [3] New Guinea Humboldt Bay Challenger Cove By the Officers of H.M.S. Challenger, 1875, scale: circa 1:45,000 (bar); [4] Admiralty Island Nares Harbour Surveyed by Staff Comr. T.H. Tizard, and Navg. Sub. Lieuts. A. Havergal and H. Swire R.N. under the orders of Captain F.T. Thomson R.N., scale: circa 1:75,000 (bar).
Bibliography: No. 83 in a folder made up by J.D. POTTER Ltd.; see 298:8/3(b) for original folder list.

Object Details

ID: G264:4/5
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Havergal, Arthur; Swire, H. Sanders, F.W. HM Admiralty Davies & Company Cheyne, A. Tizard, Thomas Henry
Places: New Guinea; Bismarck Archipelago
Vessels: Alacrity (1872); Danae (1867) Challenger (1858)
Date made: 1875; 1883; 1875 1883
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 69 cm x 50 cm