cover image: No. 209. The Coast of Egypt & Mouths of Nile. No. 210. The Bay of Aroukir, by T. Clements. No. 213. The Port of Bengazi in Barbary. No. 214. The Harbour of Tripoli in Barbary, by R, Nelson R. Navy. J . S., Sc. (to accompany) The new Mediterranean Harbour pilot. By William Heather ... London : Printed for and published by J.W. Norie and Co., 1814. The new Mediterranean Harbour pilot : Containing Two Hundred and Twenty-four Accurate Plans of the Principal Harbours, Bays, Roadsteads, and Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Including Those in the Gulf of Venice, Archipelago, Sea of Marmora, & the Levant; with addition of a large plan of Cadiz, the Straits of Gibraltar, Bonifacio, &c. drawn from the latest English, French, Spanish, Italian, and Venetian surveys and corrected from the journals and observations of several distinguished navigators. By William Heather. A new edition, Improved by J. W. Norie, Hydrographer, &c. London : Printed for and published by J.W. Norie and Co., 1814. 15...

No. 209. The Coast of Egypt & Mouths of Nile. No. 210. The Bay of Aroukir, by T. Clements. No. 213. The Port of Bengazi in Barbary. No. 214. The Harbour of Tripoli in Barbary, by R, Nelson R. Navy. J . S., Sc. (to accompany) The new Mediterranean Harbour pilot. By William Heather ... London : Printed for and published by J.W. Norie and Co., 1814. The new Mediterranean Harbour pilot : Containing Two Hundred and Twenty-four Accurate Plans of the Principal Harbours, Bays, Roadsteads, and Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Including Those in the Gulf of Venice, Archipelago, Sea of Marmora, & the Levant; with addition of a large plan of Cadiz, the Straits of Gibraltar, Bonifacio, &c. drawn from the latest English, French, Spanish, Italian, and Venetian surveys and corrected from the journals and observations of several distinguished navigators. By William Heather. A new edition, Improved by J. W. Norie, Hydrographer, &c. London : Printed for and published by J.W. Norie and Co., 1814. 15...

1814

4 engraved nautical charts of Mediterranean Sea on 1 plate. each 15x19. Including: Chart Nos. 203-204, 207-208. 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”.
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Authors

Heather, William, 1764-1812, Stephenson, John, Clements, T

Collection
David Rumsey Map Collection
Format
Full Image Download in JP2 Format 32 38
Place Discussed
Egypt Libya Mediterranean Sea
Provider
David Rumsey
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Egypt
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Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/01ecdf8ffa4edbd3d3e16ff2ddb57506

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