[Title] A chart of Portland Sound, Hussey Sound, Broad Sound Middle Bay, Mericonig Harbour, Seqadahock River, Roger's Bay, &c.

Scale: circa 1:50,000 (lat). Eastern part only of a chart in two parts showing the coast of New England, with Portland Sound and Falmouth (Portland). Late pull from a plate of the Atlantic Neptune (HNS 105) surviving in the Hydrographic Department before being donated to the Massachusetts Historical Society, in 1947. Engraving error in latitude scale of 24 minutes.

Object Details

ID: BAR246:2/15A
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet
Date made: [1776]; [1947]
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 83 cm x 63 cm
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