Coasting (10 Ergebnisse)

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Chart of the Pembrokeshire coast near to Milford Haven with soundings rhumb lines. Title cartouche at top left surrounded by game birds. Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became 'Hydrographer to the King' before the Coasting Pilot was published. The Coasting Pilot was the result of the first systematic survey of British coastal waters. It took eight years to complete. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163 Copper engraving. Expert repairs to margins and centrefold. Very good condition Later colour. Size: 56 x 44 cm. (22 x 17½ inches).…

Chart of the coast of Wales with north to the left, soundings and rhumb lines. Five silhouetees of ladnforms from the sea along top edge. Ornate dedicatory cartouche at lower left to 'Sr Cloudesley Shovell. Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became 'Hydrographer to the King' before the Coasting Pilot was published. The Coasting Pilot was the result of the first systematic survey of British coastal waters. It took eight years to complete. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163 Copper engraving. Expert repairs to margins. Very good condition Later colour. Size: 56 x 44 cm. (22 x 17½ inches).…

Sea chart of Holyhead, North Wales, with rhumb lines and soundings. North to the left of the map. Title in an ornamental cartouche at lower left. Inset views of the coastline as seen from various positions at sea ("Holyhead Nb.E 4 leagues"). Captain Greenvile Collins was a naval officer who became hydrographer in ordinary to the King before Great Britain's Coasting Pilot was published. The atlas arose from his pioneering survey of British coastal waters. Its charts are notable for their accuracy and charm. Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163 Copper engraving. Expert repairs to margins and centrefold. Very good condition Size: 56.5 x 44 cm. (22 x 17½ inches).…

Chart of the Moray Firth in NE Scotland, with soundings and rhumblines. North to right of map.Dedicatory cartouche to Lord Viscount Torbat at top right. Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became 'Hydrographer to the King' before the Coasting Pilot was published. The Coasting Pilot was the result of the first systematic survey of British coastal waters. It took eight years to complete. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163 Copper engraving. Expert repairs to margins and centrefold Later colour. Size: 56 x 44 cm. (22 x 17½ inches).…

Sea chart of the coast from Crail to Aberdeen on Scotland's east coast, with inset maps of Aberdeen and Montrose harbours. Soundings and rhumb lines, ornamental cartouche at lower left with dedication to the magistrates of Aberdeen. Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became 'Hydrographer to the King' before the Coasting Pilot was published. The Coasting Pilot was the result of the first systematic survey of British coastal waters. It took eight years to complete. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163 Copper engraving. Expert repairs to margins and centrefold Size: 56 x 44 cm. (22 x 17½ inches).…

Sea chart of the harbours of Orkney. The main map shows the sea inlets around Kirkwall, two inset maps show Deer Sound and Stromness. Five coastal silhouettes inset at top right, title cartouche flanked by black eagles at centre right. The Great Britain Coasting Pilot was the result of the first systematic survey of British coastal waters. It took eight years to complete, and was used by the Royal Navy for navigating British waters for many years. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm. Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became 'Hydrographer to the King' before the Coasting Pilot was published. Tooled, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moorland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163 Copper engraving. Expert repairs, mainly to upper margin. Very good condition. Later colour. Size: 56 x 44 cm. (22 x 17½ inches).…

Sea chart showing the coast line of England and Wales from Land's End to the Solway Firth, and the eastern coast of Ireland. Numerous soundings arounc coast, rhumblines, compass point at sea shows north to the right. Dedicatory cartouche to 'SR Richard Rooth' at right. Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became 'Hydrographer to the King' before the Coasting Pilot was published. The Coasting Pilot was the result of the first systematic survey of British coastal waters. It took eight years to complete, and was used by the British Navy for many years. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163 Copper engraving. Expert repairs to margin and centrefold. Very good condition Later colour. Size: 58.3 x 46 cm. (23 x 18 inches).…

Sea chart of the Firth of Forth, showing the coast from Dunbar to St, Andrews. Soundings, rhumblines. Inset map of coast from St. Abb's Head to Berwick. Dedicatory cartouche at top left, decorated with spears, bannersmermaids and seamonsters, with scale in English miles below. The Great Britain Coasting Pilot was the result of the first systematic survey of British coastal waters. It took eight years to complete, and was used by the Royla Navy for navigating British waters for many years. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm.Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became 'Hydrographer to the King' before the Coasting Pilot was published. Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163 Copper engraving. Expert repairs to margins. Very good condition Later colour. Size: 56.5 x 45 cm. (22 x 17½ inches).…