Cartographer:
COLLINS, Capt. Greenvile
Title:
[MENAI STRAITS].
Stock Code:
3412
Method:
Copper engraving
Colouring:
Later colour
Atlas:
Great Britain Coasting Pilot
Size: (W x H):
57cm x 44.5cm
22½ inches x 17½ inches
Date:
1693
Price:
£250
Sea chart of the channel between Anglesey and the mainland, with an inset close up the treachorous northern end, soundings, reefs and rhumb lines, north to bottom of map, decorated dedicatory cartouche at top centre. 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
Expert repairs to margins and centrefold. Very good condition.