Indian Ocean - islands and reefs between Seychelle Islands and Madagascar (Dependencies of Mauritius)
Scales differ. Chart in six sections. One view in section one. Notes on birds and currents in section three. Magnetic variations marked. Coordinates given. Inscription: engraved by Davies & Company.
[Section 1] Providence and St. Pierre Is. with Wizard Reef surveyed by Captain J.P. Maclear and the officers of H.M.S. Alert. 1882 1:290.000; [Section 2] Amirante Islands D'Arros and St. Joseph Is. surveyed by Captain J.P. Maclear and the officers of H.M.S. Alert. 1882. 1:72,557; [Section 3] Seychelle Islands Bird Island (by Lieuts. David Thomas and William Robinson, 1771) circa 1:70,000 (bar); [Section 4] Amirante Islands Ile des Roches surveyed by Captain J.P. Maclear and the officers of H.M.S. Alert, 1882 1:290,233; [Section 5] Amirante Islands African Islands surveyed by Captain J.P. Maclear and the officers of H.M.S. Alert 1882 1:72,555; [Section 6] Glorioso Islands surveyed by Captain J.P. Maclear and the officers of H.M.S. Alert, 1882 1:145,158.
[Section 1] Providence and St. Pierre Is. with Wizard Reef surveyed by Captain J.P. Maclear and the officers of H.M.S. Alert. 1882 1:290.000; [Section 2] Amirante Islands D'Arros and St. Joseph Is. surveyed by Captain J.P. Maclear and the officers of H.M.S. Alert. 1882. 1:72,557; [Section 3] Seychelle Islands Bird Island (by Lieuts. David Thomas and William Robinson, 1771) circa 1:70,000 (bar); [Section 4] Amirante Islands Ile des Roches surveyed by Captain J.P. Maclear and the officers of H.M.S. Alert, 1882 1:290,233; [Section 5] Amirante Islands African Islands surveyed by Captain J.P. Maclear and the officers of H.M.S. Alert 1882 1:72,555; [Section 6] Glorioso Islands surveyed by Captain J.P. Maclear and the officers of H.M.S. Alert, 1882 1:145,158.
Object Details
| ID: | G251:28/3 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | HM Admiralty; Davies & Company Maclear, J. P. Robinson, William Thomas, David |
| Places: | Indian Ocean Island Group; Seychelles |
| Vessels: | Alert (1856) |
| Date made: | 1883 |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 68.5 cm x 49 cm |