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.
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Object Details
ID: | GREN82/3B |
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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 |