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Des Barres; Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres
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English: [Chart of the coast of Georgia]Single sheet. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:400 000 (lat). Cartographic Note: Graduated for latitude only. Contents Note: Shows the Indian boundary line. Plate changes: The chart now contains an inset - Plan of the siege of Savannah, and the defeat of the French and Rebels on the 9th Oct 1779, by His Majesty's forces under the command of Major General Augustine Prevost. Surveyed by John Wilson A. Engineer. [ca. 1:17 000 (bar)]. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Border yellow, land brown. Inset coloured.
HNS 168C [Chart of the coast of Georgia]
Date 1780
date QS:P571,+1780-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions Plate impression 168A >82.5 x 60.5cm, 168B and 168C 76 x 60.5cm.
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/560777
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Charts and maps

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