Cartographer:
COLLINS, Capt. Greenvile
Title:
[East Coast of England].
Stock Code:
3420
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:
£500
Sea chart of east coast of England. The map is very busy with rhumblines and soundings, compass point with north to right, decorated dedicatory cartoushe at lower right to ‘SR Ralph de la Valk, Vice Admiral of the Red... .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 margin and centrefold. Very good condition