[Oyster Bay and Huntington Bay, Long Island Sound]

Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:25 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Aligned on magnetic north. Tidal symbols shown. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles and fathoms. Additional Places: New York. Contents Note: Contains an inset chart of Hell Gate, same scale. Lacks imprint (possibly cut off). Land shaded, shoals stippled. Printed on LVG paper. Page number '5' on a paper rectangle pasted top right.

Object Details

ID: HNS155A
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet
Places: New York
Date made: 1778
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Plate impression 80 x 54.5cm.
Parts: [Oyster Bay and Huntington Bay, Long Island Sound] (Chart)