File:Sketch map of the Great Dismal Swamp RMG K1082.jpg
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AnonymousUnknown author |
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 date QS:P571,+1807-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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 InfoField | GGCC: 293:41 id number: GREN78/1 |
Collection InfoField | Charts and maps |
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Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS Macintosh |
File change date and time | 17:11, 2 June 2005 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
Image width | 1,035 px |
Image height | 1,280 px |
Date and time of digitizing | 18:11, 2 June 2005 |
Date metadata was last modified | 18:11, 2 June 2005 |
IIM version | 2 |