Vancouver Island (subsequently part of British Columbia, now in Canada). Chart: 'Esquimalt & Victoria Harbours Surveyed by Capt. G. H. Richards, R.N., and the Officers of H.M.S. Hecate 1861-2 ...'. Reference table to batteries, emplacements and temporary works. Scale: 1 inch to about 1,000 feet. Compass roses. Drawn for engraving by E J Powell; engraved by Davies and Powell; published at the Admiralty, 15 October 1864; corrected to 1876. Insets: views of the coast, by H Adlard. Coloured MS additions show works, and proposed batteries and gun emplacements, with their ranges and fields of fire. [Esquimalt and Victoria, 1864; 1876; 1879]

In Collection:

• Early British Columbia Maps

Creator

• Richards, G. H. (George Henry)

Contributor

• Davies & Powell
• Adlard, Henry
• Powell, E. J.

Subject

• Nautical charts
• Coast defenses

Publisher

• Great Britain. Hydrographic Office

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Penfold Number: 459

Keyword

• Penfold Category: Esquimalt and Victoria, 1864, 1876, 1879

Date created

• 1861 to 1879

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 sheet

Alternative title

• North America, West Coast, Vancouver Island, Esquimalt and Victoria Harbours, surveyed by Capt. G. H. Richards, R.N., and the Officers of H.M.S. Hecate 1861-2

Geographic coverage

• Canada
• British Columbia
• British Columbia--Esquimalt
• British Columbia--Victoria

Coordinates

• 53.99983, -125.0032
• 48.4359, -123.35155
• 48 25'49"N / 123 26'45"W
• 60.10867, -113.64258
• 48.43569, -123.41174

Chronological coverage

• 1861 to 1862

Additional physical characteristics

• 1:12,160

Physical repository

• National Archives (Great Britain)

Collection

• Early BC Maps Collection

Provenance

• National Archives of the UK

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Sponsor

• Funded by a Canadian Council of Archives, Archival Community Digitization Program.

Genre

• maps (documents)
• historical maps

Archival item identifier

• National Archives Number: WO78-2311 (20)

Date digitized

• April 12, 2010

Technical note

• Watermarks added to images by KM, JF, and CDW. Metadata by CDW, April 28, 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.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/r229-t240

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