A chart of the colony of Surinam, on the coast of Guyana.

Four sheets. Hand col. engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:200 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 336 degrees. Graduated. Soundings and seabed soundings shown. Scale in nautical miles. Additional Places: Suriname, Commewijne River, Corantijn River. Contents Note: Property boundaries and vegetation are shown on the land, Sailing directions include a note about dangerous banks where the Thorn Sloop of War ran aground in 1796 and was obliged to throw her guns overboard.

Object Details

ID: GREN82/3B
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Robert, Wilkinson
Date made: 1800
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Each sheet 65 cm x 59.5 cm