A chart of Delawar River from Bombay Hook to Ridley Creek, with soundings &c taken by Lt. Knight of the Navy.

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A chart of Delawar River from Bombay Hook to Ridley Creek, with soundings &c taken by Lt. Knight of the Navy.

Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:75 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation not shown, ungraduated. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles. Contents Note: Contains a large inset, with a table of references in the title box: A plan of Delawar River from Chester to Philadelphia. Shewing the situation of his Majesty's ships &c on the 15th Novr. 1777. Surveyed and sounded by Lieutenant John Hunter of the Navy. mprint in title June 1st. 1779. Marsh shaded, some hachured relief on the inset plan, shoals stippled. Printed on Bates paper. Border yellow, land tinted brown, towns red.

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Object Details

ID:	HNS159A
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 78.5 x 57cm.
Parts:	A chart of Delawar River from Bombay Hook to Ridley Creek, with soundings &c taken by Lt. Knight of the Navy. (Chart) A chart of Delawar River from Bombay Hook to Ridley Creek, with soundings &c taken by Lt. Knight of the Navy. (Chart) (HNS159A) A chart of Delawar River from Bombay Hook to Ridley Creek, with soundings &c taken by Lt. Knight of the Navy. (Chart) (HNS159B) A chart of Delawar River from Bombay Hook to Ridley Creek, with soundings &c taken by Lt. Knight of the Navy. (Chart) (HNS159C)