South America east coast V chiefly from the French Survey by M Le Baron Roussin, Capitaine de Vaifseau etc etc in 1819 & 1820 with additional soundings by Comr Fitzroy in HMS Beagle 1832 & Capt Beechey in HMS Sulpur 1836
Scale: circa 1:1,500,000. Two views, five insets. MS track of Racer 1862. Linen bound edges. Hydrographic seal without initials of Beaufort. Watermark: J. Whatman 1856.
Insets: 1. Pernambuco by Lieut Hewitt RN 1815 circa 1:65,000; 2. Bahia or San Salvador from the surveys of Comr Fitzroy...1832 circa 1:150,000; 3. Maceio circa 1:50,000; 4. Channel through the Abrolhos Banks circa 1:250,000; 5. Bay of Espirito Santo circa 1:150,000
Insets: 1. Pernambuco by Lieut Hewitt RN 1815 circa 1:65,000; 2. Bahia or San Salvador from the surveys of Comr Fitzroy...1832 circa 1:150,000; 3. Maceio circa 1:50,000; 4. Channel through the Abrolhos Banks circa 1:250,000; 5. Bay of Espirito Santo circa 1:150,000
Object Details
| ID: | G244:6/12 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | HM Admiralty; Walker, J. & C. Roussin, Albion Renè Baron de Contre Beechey, Frederick William Fitzroy, Robert Hewett, William |
| Places: | Brazil |
| Vessels: | Beagle (1820); Sulphur (1826) Racer |
| Date made: | 1833; 1852; 1833 1852 |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 95.2 cm x 101.7 cm |
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