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A chart of Delawar River from Bombay Hook to Ridley Creek, with soundings &c taken by Lt. Knight of the Navy.

Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:75 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Variation not shown, ungraduated. Bar scales in statute and nautical miles. Contents Note: Contains a large inset, with a table of references in the title box: A plan of Delawar River from Chester to Philadelphia. Shewing the situation of his Majesty's ships &c on the 15th Novr. 1777. Surveyed and sounded by Lieutenant John Hunter of the Navy. Plate same as HNS159B. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Border yellow, land tinted brown, coastal land green, towns and forts red. Red/brown coastal convention.

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Object details

ID:	HNS159C
Type:	Chart; Print
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Knight, John Hunter, John Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet
Date made:	1779
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements:	Plate impression 78.5 x 57cm.
Parts:	A chart of Delawar River from Bombay Hook to Ridley Creek, with soundings &c taken by Lt. Knight of the Navy. (Chart; Print) A chart of Delawar River from Bombay Hook to Ridley Creek, with soundings &c taken by Lt. Knight of the Navy. (Chart; Print) (HNS159A) A chart of Delawar River from Bombay Hook to Ridley Creek, with soundings &c taken by Lt. Knight of the Navy. (Chart; Print) (HNS159B) A chart of Delawar River from Bombay Hook to Ridley Creek, with soundings &c taken by Lt. Knight of the Navy. (Chart; Print) (HNS159C)