Carte du Banc des Aiguilles et de la cote meridionale d'Afrique

Single sheet. Coloured manuscript. Paper backed with coarse linen. Scale: [circa 1:1 500,000]. Graduated, Greenwich meridian. Variation given. Current direction shown. Soundings. Scale in leagues. Additional Places: Cape of Good Hope, Agulhas Bank. Contents Note: Mountains shown in view, with descriptions. Text note on currents, variation and soundings.

Object Details

ID: G252:2/1
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Anonymous
Places: Cape of Good Hope; Cape Agulhas
Date made: circa 1778
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Drawing area 42 x 66cm, on sheet 45 x 67cm.
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