A plan of the harbour of St Augustin in the province of Georgia composed and published from surveys deposited in the Office of the Right Honourable the Lords of Trade

Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:10 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 108 degrees. Variation not shown. Ungraduated. Bar scale of a statute mile and feet. Additional Places: Florida. Contents Note: The east edge of the survey does not extend to the sheet's border, As it was based on Board of Trade surveys, this plan has far more land detail than other charts in the Atlantic Neptune. The town plan, fortifications, roads, cultivation, a stone quarry and a lighthouse are shown. Plate changes: Relief shading intensified and boundaries of cultivation added. Other features: West sheet printed on LVG paper, east sheet on paper with both the LVG and Bates watermarks.

Object Details

ID: HNS171B
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet
Places: Florida
Date made: 1779?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Plate impressions 75 x >53cm and 75 x >52.5cm.