File:A chart of New York Harbour with the soundings views of land marks and nautical directions for the use of pilotage. Composed from surveys and observations of Lieutenants John Knight John Hunter of the Navy and others. RMG K0369.jpg
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Des Barres; Hunter, John; Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres; Knight, John |
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English: A chart of New York Harbour with the soundings views of land marks and nautical directions for the use of pilotage. Composed from surveys and observations of Lieutenants John Knight John Hunter of the Navy and others.Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:50 000. Cartographic Note: Variation shown 7 degrees W. Ungraduated. Tide symbols. Bar scale in statute miles. Contents Note: Contains two views: Bond Hollow bearing S.b.E. Mount Pleasant half way between the cedars on the Hook and the lighthouse. Plate changes: Shading further intensified. The plate has developed defects which appear as horizontal lines at the top of the sheet. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Border yellow, land tinted brown. The town of New York and Brookland and the lighthouse at Sandy Hook have been added in red by the colourist. Red/brown coastal convention. The Bond Hollow view is sepia, the Mount Pleasant view is coloured. HNS 146B* A chart of New York Harbour with the soundings views of land marks and nautical directions for the use of pilotage… |
| Date | 1779 |
| Dimensions | Plate impression 81.5 x 60.5cm. |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/560682 |
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
| Identifier | id number: HNS146B* previous number: HNS 146 |
| Collection | Charts and maps |
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