Harbours and islands in the English Channel engraved to accompany the general chart of R.Adml Knight &c.

Single sheet, engraving, backed with blue paper. There are 12 charts on this sheet: The Downs and Margate Roads &c from the grand trigonometrical other authentic surveys [circa 1:140,000 (bar)]; Environs of the Isle of Wight from the large chart...by P.Steel [circa 1:250,000 (bar)]; Needles Passage [circa 1:85,000 (bar)]; Torbay from a survey by Mr Dessiou [circa 1:85,000 (bar)]; Cherbourg from the survey by M.Mechain [circa 1:60,000 (bar)]; Plymouth Sound &c [circa 1:40,000 (bar)]; Guernsey, Jersey, Aldernay &c from the surveys of Messrs Bretonniere, Mechain, Dobree &c [circa 1:350,000 (bar)], Falmouth Harbour [circa 1:50,000 (bar)]; Cork Harbour from the large survey of Admiral Knight [circa 1:75 000 (bar)]; Havre de Grace from the surveys of Bretonniere and Mechain [circa 1:140,000 (bar)]; Harbour of Fowey [circa 1:24,000 (bar)]; Environs of Boulogne [circa 1:75,000 (bar)].

Object Details

ID: G223:1/31
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Knight, John; Mason
Places: English Channel
Date made: 1806
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Printed area 94 x 62cm, on sheet 99 x 66cm.
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