cover image: Chart of the coast of Egypt, from Alexandria to the western branch of the Nile; with the Bay of Aboukir shewing the position of the French and English fleets, at the Battle of the Nile, August 1st 1798. Chart of the coast of Egypt

Chart of the coast of Egypt, from Alexandria to the western branch of the Nile; with the Bay of Aboukir shewing the position of the French and English fleets, at the Battle of the Nile, August 1st 1798. Chart of the coast of Egypt

1799

Single sheet. Engr. Scale: ca. 1:100 000 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 225 degrees. Additional Places: Egypt. Contents Note: Inset: Sketch of the Bay of Abou-kir by the Master of the Leander (another copy of this chart stored with it has a piece of paper glued on to obscure this inset), Inset bottom left: enlargement of battle positions. Table of French and English ships, Landmarks depicted and events noted. (from NMM catalog entry). Scarce chart, very little about it in the standard references.

Authors

Arrowsmith, Aaron

Collection
David Rumsey Map Collection
Format
Full Image Download in MrSID Format 47 70
Place Discussed
Egypt
Provider
David Rumsey
Published in
Egypt
Reference
https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~240556~5512287; https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/D5005/6701000.jpg; 6701.000
Rights
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Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/f348c4b5a0046eea97ca940ea6af146e