The harbour of Charles Town in South Carolina from the surveys of Sr. Jas. Wallace Captn. in His Majesty's Navy & others. With a view of the town from the south shore of Ashley River.

Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:47 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 3 degrees 48' E. Graduated. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles. Additional Places: Charleston. Contents Note: Shows roads, buildings, boundaries and cultivation, Contains an inset view. Imprint Nov 1st 1777. Hachured relief, wetlands marked, shoals stippled. In the view the land is low and distant, with cows and two figures in the foreground. Printed on Bates paper. Land tinted brown, Charles Town red, view watercolour. Page number '22' on a paper rectangle pasted top right.

Object Details

ID: HNS162A
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet
Places: Charleston County
Date made: 1777
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Plate impression 84.5 x 62.5cm.
Parts: The harbour of Charles Town in South Carolina from the surveys of Sr. Jas. Wallace Captn. in His Majesty's Navy & others. With a view of the town from the south shore of Ashley River. (Chart)