Chart of the Americas and the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, in six sheets I to VI (A to F). F) Chart of South America comprehending the West Indies with the adjacent islands in the Southern Ocean and Southern Sea. Published according to Act of Parliament Feb 19 1753 by T Jefferys, Geographer to His Highness the Prince of Wales at the corner of St Martins Land Charing Cross.
Scale circa 1:15,000,000. Outline colour denoting settlements and discoveries by colonising nation. Ship tracks marked (eg Geetan, Cabadonga and Centurion). Charts overlap I) Arctic II) N. Atlantic III) N. Pacific IV) Mid Atlantic V) S. Pacific VI) S. America. Prime meridian on Ferro. Green published an accompanying volume, in the NMM library catalogue at PBD8625.
Object Details
| ID: | G201:7/1F |
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| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Jefferys, Thomas; Green, John Jefferys, Thomas |
| Places: | Pacific Ocean; Atlantic Ocean World |
| Date made: | 1753 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 70 cm x 60 cm |