Chart traced, and sailing directions transcribed, from document Z30/43 of 1694 in War Office records. 'From the original at the Horse Guards (1694, no. Z30/43).'
Scale of [6] Dutch Leagues [=7 inches]. Tracing on cloth, made 26 July 1904, of chart formerly 'B.18 Fo: 74' and '(16)' in a War Office collection (1694: no. Z30/43), 'wch. containes the Position of all the Banks & Channels at the Entrance of this River in their true Forme & Extent, acc...
Map Of The Sources Of The Rivers Ganges, Jumna & Tons.
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From Surveys made by Major J. A. Hodgson & Captain J. D. Herbert in 1816-17. [ 1:126,720.] Manuscript. Watermark 1811. Subscribed by Hodgson. Scale of [11] Miles [=5.5 inches]. Covers 78°20'E-79°20'E, 30°40'N-31°15'N, showing Gangotri, Bhagirathi River and Badrinath Peaks. Note: 'Vide...
Typescript copy of letter of 27 December 1694 from H. Davenport, Chandernaguer, to Capt. William Gifford, commander of Seymour, 'now rideing in Hugly-River and ready to saile for England', sending chart and instructions (War Office: 1694, no. Z30/43).
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The instructions also transcribed: Instructions for Piloting of Great Ships from Ballasore-Road into the River of Hugly in the South-Westerly Monsoon.