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Description: | Scale: 1,500,000 (bar) Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:500 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Scale in nautical leagues and three types of Arabic mile. Contents Note: Contains inset plans of the harbours of Suez and Tor and five views. There are notes on the prevailing winds. The chart also shows the tracks of the Swallow, commanded by Captain Panton, in 1777 and the Expedition commanded by Lieutenant Ashmead Pruen in 1778.
This record was added as part of the 2009-2010 pre 1900 charts transcription project.
caption: Gren1D/3 The north west branch of the Red Sea called by the ancients Heroopolitan Gulf, and by the moderns Sea of Kolzum or Sea of Suez. | 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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