File:Sketch map of the Great Dismal Swamp RMG K1082.jpg
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Summary
| Author |
Anonymous |
| Description |
English: [Sketch map of the Great Dismal Swamp]Single sheet. Col. ms. Scale: 1:200 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: Scale in miles. Additional Places: Virginia, North Carolina. Contents Note: Shows the Great Dismal Swamp Canal, linking Chesapeake Bay in the north with Albemarle Sound in the south.
The sketch is accompanied by a page of text, 'Questions and answers on the Swamp. Answers to Col. Hamilton's questions respecting the Great Dismal Swamp', concerning its length and breadth, the growth of timber, extent of cultivation, canal cutting, seasonal factors and whether any animals are peculiar to the Swamp. |
| Date | 1807 |
| Dimensions | 51 x 40.5cm. |
| Notes | For an analysis of the bias towards geographical coverage when looking at the contents of the collection see tables from the printed (complete) biography of Grenville. This is kept with the red binders as part of the Grenville collection binder (in SOG). |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/542115 |
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| Identifier | GGCC: 293:41 id number: GREN78/1 |
| Collection | Charts and maps |
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| current | 10:58, 1 September 2017 | | 1,035 × 1,280 (1.11 MB) | Fæ | Royal Museums Greenwich Charts and maps, http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/542115 |
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