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Buy this image Add this to a collection View this item in the library Share or embed this object TweetThis geographical plan of the Island of Saint Helena is dedicated by permission to Field Marshal His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent and Strathearn by Lieut. R.P. Read.
G214:25/2(1)
Object connections:
| Collection | Charts and maps, Loose maps and charts: general collection |
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| Gallery location | Not on display |
Object details:
| Object ID | G214:25/2(1) |
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| Description | 2nd edition. Single sheet, hand coloured engraving. Scale [1:9,050]. North is at 223 degrees. The chart is ungraduated and has a scale in miles. Land topography is shown in bird's-eye view. Estates and places of interest are named. The sea is decorated with ships and whales. Facsimiles of Napoleon's signatures are reproduced at bottom right. Pictorial map. The residence of Buonaparte has been changed from the 1815 edition. |
| Date made | 1817 |
| Artist/Maker | Kirkwood, Robert Read, R. P. Rippin, J & M |
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| Place made | London |
| Credit | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements | Printed area 43 x 57.5cm, on sheet 54.5 x 75.5cm. |
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