Vancouver Island : track chart of HMS Scout 9-12 August 1866 showing her grounding off Nootka Island
PublicVancouver Island (now in British Columbia, Canada): 2 copies of a track chart of HMS Scout 9-12 August 1866 showing her grounding off Nootka Island while 'conveying H.E. the Governor round the Id. to visit the Indian & other settlements'. The coast and inlets are also shown in outline. Scale: 1 inch to 10 miles (calculated). Originally sent with duplicate and original, respectively, of report number 46 dated 23 August 1866 from John A P Price, Captain, and F Townsend, Master, of HMS Scout; subsequently enclosed with letter no 1 dated 5 September 1866 from the Honourable Joseph Denman, Rear Admiral, Pacific Squadron, accompanying papers concerning the grounding of HMS Scout.
- In Collection:
- 1 sheet
- 49.65064, -125.44939
- 1866
- 1:633,600
- Early BC Maps Collection
- National Archives of the UK
- Funded by a Canadian Council of Archives, Archival Community Digitization Program.
- April 12, 2010
- 600 dpi jpg
- Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by JTP April 29, 2010.
- 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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