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. Plate changes: Alterations have been made to Sulivans Island and the adjacent shoal and further shoals have been added to the east of Shutes Folly. The view has been worked up in aquatint. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Border yellow, land tinted brown, wetland green.

Object Details

ID: HNS162C
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)