A sketch of the environs of Charlestown in South Carolina. By Captain Geo. Sproule, Assistant Engineer on the spot.
Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:130 000. Cartographic Note: Variation not shown, ungraduated. Latitude of the node of the compass radiate is stated. Bar scale in statute miles. Additional Places: Charleston. Contents Note: Settlements, buildings, roads, wetland, fortifications and military positions shown. Plate changes: Imprint and Sproule's name removed. The key is much longer. Place-names and further army positions have been added. Ships are shown offshore. Other features: Printed on a sheet of paper with both LVG and Bates watermarks. Border yellow, land brown, settlements coloured. Military positions coloured red and yellow.
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Object Details
ID: | HNS163B |
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Type: | Chart |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Sproule, George Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet |
Places: | Charleston County |
Date made: | 1780 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
Measurements: | Plate impression 41.5 x 56cm. |
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A sketch of the environs of Charlestown in South Carolina. By Captain Geo. Sproule, Assistant Engineer on the spot. (Chart)
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