A Trigonometrical Plan of the Western part of Pulo-Leat, or Middle Island
and the correct Situations of the Coral Reefs extending off it, by D. Ross Commander in H.C.M. 1818
Calcutta,
Union Press, in Garstin's Buildings, near the Bankshall and the Exchange,
1818.
Engraved map, with issue No. 65 of The Calcutta Journal, not bound
285 by 220mm. (11.25 by 8.75 inches).
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notes:
This chart of Pongok, now Pulo-Leat, shows the Western coast of the Indonesian island. It was published in the issue of the Calcutta Journal printed on 9th April 1819, and inside the newspaper there is a key corresponding to the letters shown on the map. The plan is clearly designed for sailors, with notes recording the depth of sea and sand, and the positioning of nearby rocks, trees and mangrove swamps. The wreck of H.M.S. Alceste is also shown, which grounded off the coa...
bibliography:
Clements, 'A Memoir on the Indian Surveys' (1871)
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