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A chart of New York Harbour with the soundings views of land marks and nautical directions for the use of pilotage. Composed from surveys and observations of Lieutenants John Knight John Hunter of the Navy and others.

Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:50 000. Cartographic Note: Variation shown 7 degrees W. Ungraduated. Tide symbols. Bar scale in statute miles. Contents Note: Contains two views: Bond Hollow bearing S.b.E. Mount Pleasant half way between the cedars on the Hook and the lighthouse. Imprint in title May 19th. 1779. Hachured relief, shaded with trees. Shoals stippled. Printed on Bates paper. Border yellow, land tinted brown, red/brown coastal convention. Views in watercolour. Page number '13' handwritten overleaf. Formerly attached to HNS147, Nautical Directions.
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Object Details

ID: HNS146A
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Knight, John Hunter, John Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet
Date made: 1779
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Plate impression 81.5 x 60.5cm.
Parts: A chart of New York Harbour with the soundings views of land marks and nautical directions for the use of pilotage. Composed from surveys and observations of Lieutenants John Knight John Hunter of the Navy and others. (Chart)