Antique Sea Chart
St.GEORGES CHANNELL
by Greenvile Collins (also Greenville)
Published London 1756 by Mount & Page.
An original 18th century copper engraved antique sea chart of St. George's Channel in the Irish Sea enhanced with attractive later hand colouring.
From Greenville Collins' "Great Britain's Coasting Pilot" published by Mount and Page in 1756
Covers the coast of Ireland from Belfast to Kinsale including Dublin, Waterford, Carlingford Lough, Cork etc.
Also covers the whole coast of Wales, the Isle of Man, the Scilly Isles and the North Cornwall and Devon coasts from The Lizard to Ilfracombe and then Somerset up to Bridgwater. The coasts of Lancashire and Cumbria and Scotland as far as the Mull of Galloway are also included.
A fascinating and detailed sea chart with a dedication to Sir Richard Rooth in a decorative cartouche.
The detail includes shoals, sandbanks and rocks as well as settlements ashore.
A crisp dark impression on robust hand laid paper, with central fold as issued, blank verso.
Fine condition other than minor age related blemishes as seen, free of repairs or restoration.
Approx. 24" x 20.5" (640mm x 520mm) overall. Printed area approx. 22.5" x 17.5" (570mm x 450mm).
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Captain Greenville Collins first published his Coasting Pilot in 1693.
His fine charts transformed navigation around the British coasts and were re-published in various editions for the next 100 years or so.
They remained largely unchanged throughout this time as testament to Collins original surveys aboard HMS Merlin and HMS Monmouth.
A GENUINE ANTIQUE MAP GUARANTEED OVER 260 YEARS OLD FROM LINDISFARNE PRINTS
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