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Ho Lago (Chart; Manuscript)
circa 1550-1560
P/14(9V)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:14 500 000]. Additional Places: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman. Bound in an atlas of twenty-five charts with diagrams and tables. Dating by comparison of style and geography.
Plan de la ville et chateau de St Malo (Chart; Manuscript)
1724
P/30(5)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Scale: [ca. 1:7 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Scale in toises.
From an atlas of seventeen plans of French ports: 'Recueil des plans ou cartes des principaux ports de royaume'.…
Carte particuliere des entrees du port de St Malo et de la riviere de Dinan comme elles paroissent aux plus basses marees des equinoxes (Chart; Manuscript)
1724
P/30(4)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Scale: [ca. 1:17 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Soundings shown. Scale in toises. Contents Note: Named passages through the rocks shown as dotted lines.…
Plan de Brest (Chart; Manuscript)
1724
P/30(7)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Scale: [ca. 1:7 200 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Scale in toises. Contents Note: Key.
From an atlas of seventeen plans of French ports: 'Recueil des plans ou cartes des principaux ports de royaume'.…
Carte particuliere des environs de la Rade de Brest (Chart; Manuscript)
1724
P/30(6)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Scale: [ca. 1:150 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Soundings shown. Scale in toises. Faint pencil copy lines divide sheet into 17mm squares. Contents Note: Key to batteries and number of guns.…
Plan de Dunkerque (Chart; Manuscript)
1724
P/30(1)
Bound sheet. Col ms. Scale: [ca. 1:6 400 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 110 degrees. Soundings shown. Scale in toises. Additional Places: Dunkirk. Contents Note: Key.
From an atlas of seventeen plans of French ports: 'Recueil des plans ou cartes des principaux ports de royaume'.…
[Plan of an encampment] (Plan; Manuscript)
circa 1600
P/49(36)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Unfinished copy of P/49(35). Additional Places: Ireland.…
The description of the forme & manner of oure incampment in the Lord Generalls Mounster Journey (Plan; Manuscript)
circa 1600
P/49(37)
Bound sheet. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Additional Places: Ireland.
From volume eight, Maps of Ireland, of the Dartmouth collection of maps and plans, compiled for or by George Legge, Master General of the Ordnance. There are four versions of this drawing in the volume.…
[Ireland south of the Shannon] (Map; Manuscript)
circa 1585
P/49(18)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum, laid on linen. Physical description Note: Vellum skin has its neck to the left. Contents Note: Elaborate cartouches, left blank. Arms of Order of the Garter.…
[Central Ireland, Dublin to Sligo] (Map; Manuscript)
circa 1600
P/49(9)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Scale: [ca. 1:600 000 (meas)]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Contents Note: Blank cartouche with scrollwork and dividers. Two compass roses; royal coat of arms; ship.…
Carte de la rade et baye de Marseille (Chart; Manuscript)
1724
P/30(14)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Scale: [ca. 1:30 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 315 degrees. Soundings shown and nature of seabed noted. Scale in toises. Contents Note: Sailing directions. Two unfinished compass roses in pencil. Faint pencil copy lines divide sheet into 13.5mm squares.…
Plan du port de l'Orient (Chart; Manuscript)
1724
P/30(9)
Bound sheet. Col ms. Scale: [ca. 1:7 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Scale in toises.
From an atlas of seventeen plans of French ports: 'Recueil des plans ou cartes des principaux ports de royaume'.…
Plan de Rochefort (Chart; Manuscript)
1724
P/30(12)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Scale: [ca. 1:7 200 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Scale in toises. Contents Note: Key.
From an atlas of seventeen plans of French ports: 'Recueil des plans ou cartes des principaux ports de royaume'.…
Part of Tangier being what comprehends ye new works, March 1670. (Chart; Manuscript)
1670
P/43(7)
Bound sheet. Ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Cartographic Note: No orientation. High water line and rock ledge marked. Scale in feet. Contents Note: Includes the new pier and harbour.
From Volume ten of the Dartmouth collection of maps and plans.…
A drawft of all the harbours, in, or about the Island of Portsmouth taken in the yeare 167[ ] (Chart; Manuscript)
circa 1678
P/42(49)
Bound sheet. Ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Cartographic Note: Scale of one mile. Soundings, low water line and sandbanks shown. Contents Note: Two views: Entrance to Portsmouth Harbour; Entrance to Langstone Harbour.…
Plan de la ville et citadelle du Havre (Chart; Manuscript)
1724
P/30(3)
Bound sheet. Col ms. Scale: [ca. 1:7 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Scale in toises. Additional Places: Le Havre. Contents Note: Key.
From an atlas of seventeen plans of French ports: 'Recueil des plans ou cartes des principaux ports de royaume'.…
[English attack on Spanish and Italian forces at Smerwick] (Map; Manuscript)
1580
P/49(31)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Additional Places: Ireland, Dingle peninsula, Kerry. Contents Note: The map shows the English earthwork with two guns for attacking the Spanish fort and English soldiers marching out of Castell More.…
Tiera de Lavrador (Chart; Manuscript)
circa 1550-1560
P/14(14R)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:16 500 000]. Additional Places: St Lawrence. Bound in an atlas of twenty-five charts with diagrams and tables. Dating by comparison of style and geography.
[loxodrome] (Chart; Manuscript)
P/49(32)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Cartographic Note: This loxodrome was drawn to form the basis of a sea chart. A circle 15.8cm in diameter was subtended from a central point and 16 equidistant points (at 22.5 degree intervals) were marked on its perimeter.…
The description of Muskery (Map; Manuscript)
circa 1590
P/49(24)
Bound sheet. Ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Physical description Note: Very rough sketch. Cartographic Note: North at bottom of sheet. Additional Places: Ireland, Cork, River Lee.…
The discription of the forme and mannre of our in campment in the Lord Generalls Northen Journey (Plan; Manuscript)
circa 1600
P/49(35)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Cartographic Note: The inspiration for this drawing was very probably the English translation of Machiavelli's 'L'arte della guerra', published in London in 1573.…
The description of the castle and landes of Insbeguin lying within 3 miles of Yohall on the west side thereof (Map; Manuscript)
1589
P/49(38)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Physical description Note: Two sheets joined. Scale: [ca. 1:15 840 (scale)]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Scale of four inches to the mile. Straight pencil lines indicate how the survey was constructed.…
[Tralee Bay] (Map; Manuscript)
circa 1600
P/49(6A)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Scale: [ca. 1:63 360 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: North at 180 degrees. Scale in English miles and furlongs. Additional Places: Ireland. Contents Note: Blank title cartouche. Scale decorated with dividers.…
The citty and suburbs of Dublin from Kilmainham to Rings-End, werein the rivers, streets, lanes, allys, churches, gates &c are exactly described 15th No. 1673 (Map; Manuscript)
1673
P/49(11)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Laid on linen. Physical description Note: Three sheets joined. Scale: [ca. 1:5 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Scales in feet and yards. Additional Places: Ireland. Contents Note: RingsEnd citadel shown in plan. Channels and sandbanks shown.…
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