cover image: A draught of the Great Bay, Back Bay, and harbour of Trincomalay, on the island of Zeloan : describing all the islands, rivers, rocks and dangerous shoals, with exact marks for the shoals, & also the marks to avoid them; likewise the depths of water, and other necessary remarks, with great care and accuracy / survey'd and planned in the year 1762 by William Nichelson ; Spilsbury sculp Russel court

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A draught of the Great Bay, Back Bay, and harbour of Trincomalay, on the island of Zeloan : describing all the islands, rivers, rocks and dangerous shoals, with exact marks for the shoals, & also the marks to avoid them; likewise the depths of water, and other necessary remarks, with great care and accuracy / survey'd and planned in the year 1762 by William Nichelson ; Spilsbury sculp Russel court

1762

Échelle(s) : A scale of one english mile or 1800 yards [= 8,9 cm]
cartouches (ornements) trincomalee ceylan -- nord-est -- côtes baies -- sri lanka

Authors

Nichelson, William. Cartographe, Spilsbury, John (1739?-1769). Graveur

Coverage
Golfe du Bengale Sri Lanka
Published in
Sri Lanka
Reference
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b532571183
Rights
domaine public; public domain
Source
Gallica btv1b532571183 Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Cartes et plans, GE SH 18 PF 205 DIV 6 P 11 Notice d'ensemble : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb471859259 Notice de recueil : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb47164183m Appartient à : [Division 6 du portefeuille 205 du Service hydrographique de la Marine consacrée à des cartes de la baie de Trincomalee] ; 11, 11/1, 11/2 Notice du catalogue : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb471859259