[Entrance to Penobscot Bay]

Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:50 000 (lat). Cartographic Note: This chart is the southward continuation of HNS 112 on the same scale, but the two charts do not meet perfectly, with some misalignment of coastline and discontinuity in the latitude scale. Variation shown 10 degrees W. Additional Places: Maine. Lacks imprint. Hills hachured, settlements shown. Few soundings. Printed on LVG paper. Border yellow.

Object Details

ID: HNS111A
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet
Places: Maine
Date made: 1776
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Plate impressions both 78.5 x >54.5cm.
Parts: [Entrance to Penobscot Bay] (Chart)