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[Moray Firth]

Cartographer:

COLLINS, Capt. Greenvile

Engraver:

H. Moll

Title:

[Moray Firth]

Stock Code:

3417

Method:

Copper engraving

Colouring:

Later colour

Atlas:

Great Britain Coasting Pilot

Size: (W x H):

56cm x 44cm

22 inches x 17½ inches

Date:

1693

Price:

£400

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

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