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Summary
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Anonymous |
| Description |
English: [Galapagos islands]Single sheet. Manuscript. Scale: [ca. 1:658 000]. Graduated, meridian of Greenwich. Rhumb lines and some soundings.
This manuscript is similar to a chart published in 1798 from a survey carried out in 1793 by Captain James Colnett of the Royal Navy in the merchant-ship Rattler (see G267:15/2). The manuscript is drawn with more detail but less accuracy. |
| Date | circa 1800 |
| Dimensions | Drawing area 79 x 59cm, on sheet 84.5 x 62cm. |
| Notes | For an analysis of the bias towards geographical coverage when looking at the contents of the collection see tables from the printed (complete) biography of Grenville. This is kept with the red binders as part of the Grenville collection binder (in SOG). |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/542356 |
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
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| Identifier | GGCC: 267:15 id number: GREN85/12 |
| Collection | Charts and maps |
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| current | 10:44, 1 September 2017 | | 958 × 1,280 (957 KB) | Fæ | Royal Museums Greenwich Charts and maps, http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/542356 |
