Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:130 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 6 degrees 30 W from 85C onwards. Plate changes: Graduation of borders completed. Printed on unwatermarked paper. Border yellow. Coast outlined with a faint green wash.

This chart overlaps HNS 84 and continues east, extending slightly further north. There are eight variants of this chart in the collection: 85A. Lacks imprint. Shows buildings and roads and an Indian settlement. Shoals shown in outline. There are errors in the latitude numbering. Printed on LVG paper. Page number '2' handwritten overleaf. There are pencil marks on the chart (shallows sketched in and rocks circled) which may have been copied off a later state or be part of the gathering of information for later inclusion. 85A*. Plate changes: Graduation of borders completed. Printed on unwatermarked paper. Border yellow. Coast outlined with a faint green wash. 85B. Plate same as 85A*. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. 85C. Plate changes: Imprint Jan 1st 1779. Soundings and shoals added. Shoals stippled. Variation shown. Lettering lightly scratched on for the shoal to the north of Martha's Vineyard. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Page number '2' type-stamped overleaf. 85D. Plate changes: 'Survey'd &' removed from the imprint. Sailing directions credited to Lieutenant Knight. More shoals shown and channels indicated. Banks named. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Border yellow, land tinted brown. The towns of Newport and Nantucket coloured purple. Page number '7' handwritten overleaf. 85E. Plate changes: 'PL.13.' engraved top right. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Border yellow, towns red. 85F. Plate same as 85E. Other features: W sheet printed on LVG paper, E sheet on paper with both LVG and Bates watermarks. Border yellow, towns red. 85G. Imprint Nov 1st 1781. Other features: Printed on Bates paper, sheet not joined. Border yellow, coast outlined in blue.