A plan of Port Royal in South Carolina

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A plan of Port Royal in South Carolina
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Item Information

Title:
A plan of Port Royal in South Carolina
Creator:
Gascoigne, John
Name on Item:
survey'd by Capn. John Gascoigne ; engraved by Jefferys & Faden.
Date:
[1773?]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local):
Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects:
Nautical charts--South Carolina--Port Royal Sound
Port Royal Sound (S.C.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Beaufort (county) > Port Royal Sound (bay)
Extent:
1 map ; 62 x 58 cm, on sheet 85 x 65 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
London : [s.n.]
Scale:
Scale 1:63,360
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
MVLA record
Notes:
Depths shown by soundings.
Includes explanation and index to natural features.
"Latitude of Hilton Head ... Longitude from London ... variation of the compass ..."
"These soundings shew the exact depth at low water on a common spring tide in a calm ..."
Identifier:
06_01_008534