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: Imprint April 1st 1781. 'Survey'd &' removed from the plate. Other features: Border brown, buildings red; red/brown coastal convention. Stitch holes at left edge.
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Object Details
ID: | HNS46E |
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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: | 1777; 1781 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
Measurements: | Plate impression 84 x 62cm. |
Parts: |
The harbour of Halifax (Chart)
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