Plan of the Island of Bequia laid down by actual survey under the direction of the Honorable the Commissioners for the Sale of Lands in the Ceded Islands by John Byres Chief Surveyor 1776.

Single sheets. Engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:12 500 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 16 degrees. Graduated map, meridian of Ferro. Scale in British statute miles. Additional Places: Caribbean, Lesser Antilles. Contents Note: Settlement plots numbered. Anchorages shown. The map is dedicated to George Ethrington, Lieutenant Colonel, Royal American Regiment of Foot, Text notes report that sixteen plots have been claimed and that 19 allotments of 25 to 36 acres are for the use of poor settlers. Forts are to be built on lettered plots.

Object Details

ID: GREN80/6
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Byres, John; Bayly, John
Places: Caribbean Sea; Lesser Antilles
Date made: 1776
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: 60 cm x 92 cm
Parts: The map collection of William Wyndham Grenville, Prime Minister, 1759-1834 (Chart)
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