Halifax Harbour
Three sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 104 degrees. Variation shown 13 degrees 35' W. Scales in statute and nautical miles in 45B onwards. Additional Places: Nova Scotia. Contents Note: Sailing directions are included in the title, Views: there is an oval view of the lighthouse above the title and a coastal view of Chebucto Head extending across the foot of all three sheets, The chart shows the street-plan, dockyards and battery at Halifax. Imprint Jan 30 1776. Land shaded. Other features: Printed on LVG paper. Chart printed in green ink, the view in black ink. 'Longitude west from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich' in manuscript.
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Object Details
ID: | HNS45A |
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Type: | Chart |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet |
Places: | Nova Scotia |
Date made: | 1776 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
Measurements: | Plate impressions 81 x 48.5cm, 80 x 48cm and 80.5 x 48cm. |
Parts: |
Halifax Harbour (Chart)
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