The harbour of Halifax

Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:5 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Aligned on magnetic north. Variation shown 13 degrees 30' W. Ungraduated. Soundings marked. Scales in fathoms and statute miles. Additional Places: Nova Scotia. Contents Note: Shows the street plan and roads, buildings, fortifications and the dockyard with its wharves. Plate changes: The page number is now 'PL.*20'. Other features: Printed in orange ink.

Object Details

ID: HNS46D
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet
Places: Nova Scotia
Date made: 1777; 1779
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Plate impression 84 x 62cm.
Parts: The harbour of Halifax (Chart)