[The coast of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana]

Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:500 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 4 degrees 30' E. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles. Additional Places: Gulf of Mexico. Lacks imprint. Lacks east border. Little relief shown, except Mount Vernon. Settlements shown at Campbell Town and Mobille, not at New Orleans. Shoals stippled. Printed on Bates paper. Border yellow, coastal land tinted green, rivers blue.

Object Details

ID: HNS170A
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet
Places: Gulf of Mexico
Date made: 1780?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Plate impressions 74 x >52cm and 74.5 x>53cm.
Parts: [The coast of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana] (Chart)