A chart of the harbour of Rhode Island and Narraganset Bay surveyed in pursuance of directions from the Lords of Trade to His Majesty's Surveyor General for the Northern District of North America

Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:50 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 6 degrees W. Bar scale in statute miles. Contents Note: 86F and later variants show the situation of the British ships and forces at the time when d'Estaing's French fleet anchored and landed, from 29th July to 9th August 1778. Plate changes: Imprint Nov 1 1781. Other features: Printed on Bates paper, sheets not joined. Border yellow, land brown, towns red.

Object Details

ID: HNS86I
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Holland, Samuel Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet
Date made: 1776; 1781
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Plate impressions >53.5 x 75.5cm and 54.5 x 75.5cm.
Parts: A chart of the harbour of Rhode Island and Narraganset Bay surveyed in pursuance of directions from the Lords of Trade to His Majesty's Surveyor General for the Northern District of North America (Chart)