The Isle of Sable survey'd pursuant to the order of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, by Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres Esq.r in 1766 and 1767.

Four sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 11 degrees. Variation shown 14 degrees 30 W. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles. Plate changes: Imprint June 1, 1779. Latitude scale at left margin completed. Page number now 'PL.*36'. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Border yellow, island tinted green; red/brown coastal convention.

Object Details

ID: HNS76D
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet
Date made: 1778; 1779
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Plate impressions 82 x >60.5cm, 82 x >58cm, 82 x >60.5cm and 82 x >59.5cm.
Parts: The Isle of Sable survey'd pursuant to the order of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, by Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres Esq.r in 1766 and 1767. (Chart)