The Gut of Canso

Three sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 310 degrees. Variation shown 14 degrees 51' W. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles. Tidal symbols. Additional Places: Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island. Contents Note: Sailing directions are contained in the title.
Plate same as HNS66G. Other features: Printed on Whatman paper.

Object Details

ID: HNS66H
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet
Places: Nova Scotia; Cape Breton Island
Date made: 1776; 1781
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Plate impressions 70.5 x >54.5cm, 70.5 x >54cm and 70.5 x 56cm.
Parts: The Gut of Canso (Chart)