A chart of the coast of New York, New Jersey, Pensilvania [sic], Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, &c. Composed from the deposit of surveys of the Right Honourable the Lords of Trade, with soundings and nautical remarks from Lt. Jno. Knight of the Navy & others.

Three sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:620 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation shown 1 degree W off New York harbour, 6 degrees W off Cape James and 5 degrees W off the Chesapeake. Tidal symbols shown. Bar scales in nautical and statute miles. Imprint March 1st 1780. Relief shading, shoals stippled. North sheet printed on Bates paper, others on LVG. Page number '2' on paper rectangle pasted bottom right.

Object details

ID: HNS145A
Type: Chart; Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Knight, John Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet
Date made: 1780
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Plate impressions >54 x 77.5cm, >53.5 x 77.5cm and >54 x 77.5cm.
Parts: A chart of the coast of New York, New Jersey, Pensilvania [sic], Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, &c. Composed from the deposit of surveys of the Right Honourable the Lords of Trade, with soundings and nautical remarks from Lt. Jno. Knight of the Navy & others. (Chart; Print)