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'A New and Complete Chart of the Coast of Brazil, From Maranham, to the Entrance...

Catalogue reference: FO 925/1852

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FO 925/1852
Date
1830-1845
Description

'A New and Complete Chart of the Coast of Brazil, From Maranham, to the Entrance of the River Plate..'. Scale: 1 inch to about 35 miles. Compass stars. Views of channels and harbours and the following insets: (1) The Bay of Maranham. (2) The Harbour of Pernambuco. (3) The Harbour of Rio Grande. (4) The Harbour of Rio de Janeiro. (5) A Plan of Santos Harbour. (6) The Bay of Espirito Scunto. (7) Plan of Bahia. (8) Plan of the Arbrolhos with the Track of Baron Roussin. (9) The Island of Fernando de Noronha. Notes on the survey of Roussin on which the map is largely based. By J W Norie, Hydrographer 1830 (corrected 1842) with additions to 1845. Published by J W Norie and Co on 21 August 1830, at the Navigation Warehouse and Naval Academy, Leadenhall Street, London.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Dimensions
80 cm x 164 cm
Physical condition
Engraved
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Administrative / biographical background
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 4182
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3818416/

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