Plan of the Island of Dominica laid down by actual survey under the direction of the Honorable the Commissioners for the Sale of Lands in the Ceded Islands by John Byres Chief Surveyor 1776.

Two sheets. Hand col. engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:33 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Graduated map, meridian of London. Scale in British statute miles. Additional Places: Caribbean, Lesser Antilles. Contents Note: Settlement plots numbered. Anchorages shown. The map is dedicated to Thomas Shirley, the Governor of Dominica, Text notes report the progress of land allocation and state that the Goverment reserves the right to erect fortifications on coastal land.

Object Details

ID: GREN80/5B
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bayly, John; Byres, John
Date made: 1776
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Each sheet 79 cm x 91.5 cm
Parts: The map collection of William Wyndham Grenville, Prime Minister, 1759-1834 (Chart)