A plan of the town of Newport in the province of Rhode Island
Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:6 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 278 degrees. Variation shown 6 degrees W. Ungraduated. Bar scale in feet. Contents Note: There is a prominent key to the wharfs, public buildings and streets.
Plate changes: Shading intensified. A border has been ruled around the plan and the key. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Town and land plots tinted. Page number '14' on a paper rectangle pasted top right.
Plate changes: Shading intensified. A border has been ruled around the plan and the key. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Town and land plots tinted. Page number '14' on a paper rectangle pasted top right.
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Object Details
ID: | HNS87C |
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Type: | Chart |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet Blaskowitz, Charles |
Date made: | 1776 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
Measurements: | Plate impression 74.5 x 53.5cm. |
Parts: |
A plan of the town of Newport in the province of Rhode Island (Chart)
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