[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: Page number now 'PL.36.' Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Border yellow, island tinted green.

Object Details

ID: HNS73H
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet
Date made: 1776; 1779
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)