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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.
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Object Details
| ID: | G252:2/1 |
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| 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. |