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Armitt Library : Gents Mag 1760.1
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Chart, uncoloured engraving, A Correct Chart of the Irish Sea, scale about 43 miles to 1 inch, engraved by J Gibson, published by the Gentleman's Magazine, 1760.
Folded and tipped in opposite p.108 in the Gentleman's Magazine vol.30, 1760. There is descriptive text pp.107-112.
   Gibson 1760
map feature:- folded & plain cartouche & compass rose & up is N & rhumb lines & scale line & lat and long scales & sea plain & coast shaded (inland) & rivers & county & settlements
inscription:- printed plain cartouche, lower left
A Correct Chart of the / IRISH SEA, &C. / exhibiting a View / of the / several Islands & Bays / lately touch'd at by / M. THUROT, / in his Attempt upon / IRELAND
inscription:- printed lower right
J. Gibson sculpt.
inscription:- printed with scale line
A Scale of Miles 60 to a Degree
scale line:- 100 miles = 58.9 mm
wxh, sheet:- 21x25.5cm
wxh, map:- 181x233mm (approx)
scale:- 1 to 2700000 ? (1 to 2732332 from scale line)