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Description: | Single sheet, manuscript. This is a pictorial sketch chart of Fort-de-France, Martinique, drawn on the back of an unused page from an English muster book. The chart is ungraduated and shows rocks, soundings and anchorages as well as a plan of the town . Ships are depicted in the harbour and buildings are shown in view. The chart contains a key to the fortifications and notes on anchorages.
The French settled Martinique in 1762 and built Fort Royal.
caption: DUF245:15/3 Fort Royal, anon | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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