A chart of the N.E. coast of Cape Breton Island, from St Ann Bay to Cape Morien.

Three sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:48 000. Cartographic Note: Variation shown 17 degrees 30' W. Ungraduated. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles. Plate changes: Imprint Oct 1st 1781. Cliffs darkened. Compass radiates extended so that they intermesh. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Pin holes in top and bottom margins.

Object Details

ID: HNS136C
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet
Date made: 1780?; 1781
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Plate impressions 78 x >53.5cm, 78 x >53cm and 78 x >53cm.
Parts: A chart of the N.E. coast of Cape Breton Island, from St Ann Bay to Cape Morien. (Chart)