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Port Hood (HNS 69)

Greenwich geographic classification code: 246:4 – North America Atlantic Coast
We have 221 charts of North America Atlantic Coast online
Chart/Map (HNS 69) Repro ID: K0215
K0215, HNS 69A Port Hood
© National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
About our images
Maker: Des Barres, J F W
Title: Port Hood
Cartographic data: ca. 1:30 000 (lat)
Published: London:
Des Barres,
[1776].
Physical description: Single sheet,
Engr.
Plate impression 75 x 55cm.
Series title: The Atlantic Neptune
Collection: Charts and maps
Atlantic Neptune charts
Reproduction note:
  • There are eleven variants of this chart in the collection:

  • Chart/Map (HNS 69) Repro ID: K0215

    69A. Lacks imprint. Land shaded, shoals shown in outline. There is smudging in Port Hood. Printed on thick paper.

  • Chart/Map (HNS 69) Repro ID: K0216

    69B. Plate same as 69B, though the smudging has been reduced. Other features: Printed on LVG paper. Border yellow. Page number '33' on paper rectangle pasted top right.

  • Chart/Map (HNS 69) Repro ID: K0217

    69C. Plate changes: Imprint March 4 1776. Other features: Printed on LVG paper.

  • Chart/Map (HNS 69) Repro ID: K0218

    69D. Plate same as 69C. Other features: Printed on unwatermarked paper. Border yellow. Page number '27' type-stamped top right.

  • Chart/Map (HNS 69) Repro ID: K0219

    69D*. Plate same as 69C. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Border yellow, coast outlined in blue.

  • Chart/Map (HNS 69) Repro ID: K0220

    69E. Plate changes: 'Survey'd &' added to the imprint. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Red/brown coastal convention.

  • Chart/Map (HNS 69) Repro ID: K0221

    69F. Plate changes: Shoals stippled. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Page number '59' type-stamped top right.

  • Chart/Map (HNS 69) Repro ID: K0222

    69G. Plate changes: Soundings on shoals changed from fathoms to feet. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Border yellow, land green. Red/brown coastal convention. Page number '59' type-stamped overleaf.

  • Chart/Map (HNS 69) Repro ID: K0223

    69H. Plate changes: Imprint 1779. Page number 'PL.59.' engraved top right. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Border yellow.

  • Chart/Map (HNS 69) Repro ID: K0224

    69I. Plate changes: Imprint changed to June 1[?] 17[obliterated]. Page number is now 'PL.33.' Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Border yellow; red/brown coastal convention.

  • Chart/Map (HNS 69) Repro ID: K0225

    69K. Plate same as 69I. Other features: Printed on Whatman paper.

Provenance note:

Henry Newton Stevens collection

Cartographic note:

Aligned on magnetic north. Variation shown 15 degrees 01' W. Lacks bar scales.

Contents note:

The title includes sailing directions.

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