File:Admiralty Chart No 596 Africa, sheet IV from Hollams Island to Cape Correntes including the Cape of Good Hope - from 1822 to 1826 RMG F0115, Published 1827.tiff
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Captain W. F. W. Owen; Hydrographic Office; J. & C. Walker |
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English: Africa, sheet IV from Hollams Island to Cape Correntes including the Cape of Good Hope... from 1822 to 1826Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Linen-backed. Scale: [ca. 1:1 000 000]. Cartographic Note: Graduated. Variation shown. Contents Note: Track of HMS Heron in search of the Telemaque 1821. Soundings by HMS Pandora on the Agulhas Bank, 1851, Inset: [Cape Descada to Cape Town] [ca. 1:400 000], View:[Danger Point and Dyer Island].
Ms ships tracks show the effects of currents near the Agulhas Bank. The Telemaque Rock was a shipping hazard hunted for unsuccessfully by Captain Hammer of HMS Heron (ship, 1812) in 1821. The rock was first reported by French Captain Geraud of the French Brigantine Telemaque. Hazard Rock in the South Atlantic |
Date | 1827; 1851 |
Dimensions | Printed area 62 x 94cm, on sheet 66 x 99cm. |
Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/540862 |
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Identifier InfoField | Acquisition Number: NA.52-27 Admiralty Chart Number: 596 GGCC: 252:2 id number: G252:2/4(2) |
Collection InfoField | Charts and maps |
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