Military survey of that part of St Lucia occupied by the British forces from December 1778 to January 1784, when the island was restored to the French.

Single sheet. Ms. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:14 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 243 degrees. Soundings shown. Scale in chains and miles. Additional Places: Caribbean, Lesser Antilles. Contents Note: Shows town plans, fortifications and plantation layouts, Contains text notes on the British Army camp on Morne Fortune above Carenage Town (now Castres City) and on the French attack in 1778. A resurveyed and more detailed version of Gren80A/9, with a single view incorporating the dedication cartouche. John Brown was Surveyor and Draughstman to the Army in the West Indies.

Object Details

ID: GREN80A/10
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Brown, John
Places: Caribbean Sea; Lesser Antilles
Date made: 1784
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: 55.5 cm x 120 cm
Parts: The map collection of William Wyndham Grenville, Prime Minister, 1759-1834 (Chart)
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