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Research Notes
Map Group VAN KEULEN 1681?
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van Keulen 1681?
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Nouvelle Carte marine de la Manche, New Sea Chart of the English Channel,
scale about 10 nautical miles to 1 inch, by Joannes van Keulen, published by G H
and C B van Keulen, Amsterdam, Netherlands, about 1681.
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The chart studied was on display at the
Institute of Maritime and Heritage Studies, Portsmouth.
The chart size is: wxh, sheet = 99.5x63cm; wxh, map =
976x577mm.
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These notes are strongly biased towards a Hampshire
interest.
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MAP FEATURES |
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HAMPSHIRE PLACES |
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title
scroll cartouche
map maker
publisher
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Printed lower right in a scroll cartouche is the map title in
French and Dutch, in two panels. The right panel:-
Nouvelle Carte marine de la MANCHE,
Suivant la Carte Angloise, portant de Nomme de Defunt le Sieur
EDME HALLEY, gravee pour le service de la marine selon le projet
de defunt le Sr. JOANNES VAN KEULEN, & publiee par les fils du
dit Sr. G. H. & C. B. VAN KEULEN Hydrographes & Libraires pour la
marine & Marchands en instruments de navigation, a Amsterdam, au
coin de Pont Neuf, au Pilote coier couronne.
and in dutch in the left panel:-
Nieuwe Zee Caart van het CANAAL,
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orientation
compass rose
up is N
rhumb lines
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There are several compass roses; North marked by a fleur de
lys, East by a cross. The chart is printed with North at the top
of the sheet.
There are rhumb lines drawn from the compass roses and other
points, in a circle of 16 centres.
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latitude scale
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Printed on both side borders is a scale of latitude; chequered
in minutes, labelled at 10 minute intervals. The chart includes
from 48d 10m to 51d 40m N. The coast of Bretagne, Normandie,
Picardie, France; the coast of southern England and Wales from
the Mumbles to the Thames Estuary, counties Cornwall, Devon,
Dorset, Hampshire, Sussex, Kent in England, and the Scilly
Isles.
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scale lines
scale
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Printed upper centre are four scale lines; dutch miles,
english and french leagues, spanish leagues, and 'suetsche'
miles. The english/french scale has:-
Lieues de France de 20 de Degre. -
English Leagues 20 for Degree
chequered and labelled in leagues; the first league chequered
in thirds, ie nautical miles. The 24 leagues = 186.8 mm giving a
scale 1 to 714289 assuming a league of 3 nautical miles of 6080
feet. The chart scale is about:-
1 to 710000
3 leagues to 1 inch
11 statute miles to 1 inch
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sea area
sea plain
depth soundings
tides
sandbanks
leading lines
anchorages
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The sea is plain, with depth soundings in fathoms, tidal
streams with arrows and times, sandbanks dotted, a few leading
lines, and a very few anchorages shown by an anchor symbol. It is
possible to recognise some sandbanks in the Solent area:-
Bramble
Middle
Shingles
Horse and Dean Sands
Most of the labelling in the sea are is in Dutch.
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coastal defence
castles
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The coastal defence of Hampshire is shown by:-
Calshot Castle
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relief
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Portsdown is drawn as a row of hillocks behind Chichester.
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county
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The chart shows no county boundaries, but counties are
labelled, eg:-
HANT SHIRE
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settlements
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Settlements are labelled along the coasts.
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PLACES |
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Places marked along the Hampshire coast are:-
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Christ Church
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Somerford
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Nash
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Milton
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Limington
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Leape
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Owrd
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Calshot Castle
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Hith
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Talton
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Southampton
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Walston
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Shalsha
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Bosleton
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Hamble
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Tichfield
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Gosport
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Cosham
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Portseabridge
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Havant
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[Washington]
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Portsmouth
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Haling
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