[Sable Island]
Two sheets, Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:120 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 15 degrees. Variation shown 13 degrees 57 W. There is a longitude error, so that the island is shown too far east. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles. Plate changes: Shoals stippled and sand-banks named. Tide symbol to South of island. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Page number '63' type-stamped overleaf.
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Object Details
ID: | HNS73F |
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Type: | Chart |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet |
Date made: | 1776 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
Measurements: | Plate impressions 75.5 x >56cm and 75.5 x >52.5cm. |
Parts: | [Sable Island] (Chart) |