Plans of Coast Batteries for the Defence of Victoria, Vancouver Island, B.C. [6]

Public

Canada: British Columbia: Vancouver Island. Map of Victoria and Esquimalt harbours, showing defences with their fields and ranges of fire. Reference table to ordnance; notes on ranges, heights, etc. Scale: 1 inch to about 340 yards. Compass indicator. Copied from an original drawn by Lieutenant Colonel D T Irwin, Inspector of Artillery, Dominion of Canada. [Victoria and Esquimalt, c. 1879]

In Collection:
Creator Subject Language Identifier
  • Penfold Number: 586
Keyword Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 1 sheet
Alternative title
  • Esquimalt and Victoria Harbours, Vancouver Island
Geographic coverage Coordinates
  • 48.43569, -123.41174
  • 48.4359, -123.35155
Chronological coverage
  • 1879
Additional physical characteristics
  • 1:12,160
Physical repository Collection
  • Early BC Maps Collection
Provenance
  • National Archives of the UK
Provider Sponsor
  • Funded by a Canadian Council of Archives, Archival Community Digitization Program.
Genre Archival item identifier
  • National Archives Number: WO78-2311 (6)
Date digitized
  • April 12, 2010
Transcript
  • ...Ranges of Guns shewn by arcs of 2000 yards radius colored Red and numbered for each piece of Ordnance... (Signed) D. T. Irwin, Lieut. Col., Capt. R.A. & Inspector of Artillery.
Technical note
  • Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by CDW, April 30, 2010
  • 600 dpi jpg
Rights
  • These images are provided under license by The National Archives of the UK and cannot be reproduced or copied without their permission. To purchase high-resolution tiff files of these maps for publication, contact: image-library@nationalarchives.gov.uk Tel: +44 (0)20 8392 5225. A scale of reproduction fees applies for commercial publication, exhibition display or TV broadcast. Details on request. Request should cite the National Archives Number. Infringement of the above condition may result in legal action. These images are provided for research only.
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