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Draught of the Bay of Honduras and the Musqueto Shoar. By George Robertson, Master of His Majesty's ship The Prince Edward.

Robertson, George, master of H. M. S. Dolphin.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[1764]

NOTES
Scale ca. 1:430,000.

Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.

Has watermark.

Oriented with north to the left.

Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings.

"Variation 6d. 30 m. easterly in the year 1764."

Reference: LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 2127

Reference: LC Luso-Hispanic World, 61

Shows part of the coasts of Honduras and Belize.

In pencil: 32.

Includes table "Latitude of the different points of land in the Bay of Honduros & the Musqueto Shoar."

SUBJECTS
Nautical charts--Honduras, Gulf of--Early works to 1800.
Honduras, Gulf of--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800.
Honduras--Honduras, Gulf of.

RELATED NAMES
Prince Edward (Ship)
Library of Congress. Howe map collection ; 26.

RELATED TITLES
Bay of Honduras and the Musqueto Shoar.

MEDIUM
col. map 104 x 77 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G4802.H6P5 1764 .R6 Howe 26

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA

DIGITAL ID
g4802h ar212700 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4802h.ar212700

RELATED DIGITAL ITEMS
(Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier. Selections from the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division)

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