4 engraved nautical charts of Mediterranean Sea on 1 plate. each 15x19. Including: Chart Nos. 211-212, 215-216. New edition of the Mediterranean pilot charts. By William Heather. Edited, improved and published by J.W. Norie. This edition includes detailed navigation charts, sailing directions (issued separately) and coastal profiles, by Tofino, Thomas Clements, Michelot, Ayrouard, Young, Wilson etal. Engraved by John Stephenson. It consists of 228 navigation charts on 15 double page plates. Plate 1 consists 4 charts. Plate 2-14 consist 4 parts of 4 charts on each plate, with numbering continuing on the next plate. Showing sandbanks, anchorages, harbors, major cities, ports, towns, buildings, roads, bays, buoys, forts, landmarks, shorelines, lighthouses, coastal profiles, mountains and islands. Charts decorated with compass roses and title cartouche, some include exploration notes. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by isolines, soundings and rhumb lines. Bound in brown leather covers, with label pasted on front cover, printed with "Mediterranean harbor pilot”.
Authors
- Collection
- David Rumsey Map Collection
- Format
- Full Image Download in JP2 Format 32 38
- Place Discussed
- Egypt Libya Mediterranean Sea
- Provider
- David Rumsey
- Published in
- Egypt
- Reference
- https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~336220~90103941; https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/195/13404061.jpg; 13404.061
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/c7b7d054c7c4b64974b87e4cf6087076