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Description: | Single sheet. Ms. Scale: [ca. 1:75 000 (bar)]. Cartographic Note: Lat & long noted, variation marked. Soundings and shoals, notes on tide. Scale of 1 mile. Additional Places: Quseer. Contents Note: Text note: In this small anchorage all the ships lay, that brought the army over from India in 1801 but from the badness of the ground, most ships lost their [anchors] and several of them much damaged from falling on board each other. A very heavy swell constantly setting in. All the Men of War left one or two anchors behind them. A - A Genl Baird's Army encamped here, prior to crossing the desert to Ghinnah.
caption: Plan of Cossire Bay, Red Sea | 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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