Nautical chart of the coast along West Africa, from Cape Verde to the Cape of Good Hope. Shows surrounding land, port cities, coastlines, islands, shoals, anchorage, and soundings. Includes rhumb lines, latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as three bar scales and two compass roses, with north oriented toward left of sheet. Descriptive notes throughout. Decorative cartouche. Black and white engraving. Chart is 43 x 53 cm, on double sheet 47 x 59 cm. The English pilot : Part V, published by John Mount and Thomas Page in London, 1766. The English pilot was a sea-chart atlas published in several editions from 1671 to 1803. This, fifth, edition focus on the coasts of Africa and the vicinity, from the English Channel to the Strait of Gibraltar and further to the Cape of Good Hope. Bound in brown leather, with gilded spine title. Ink inscription on first (blank) page indicates provenance, listing several names, beginning with Joseph Sowler. Collation: [1], 42 pages, with 19 double leaves of double plates, including several fold-out sheets. Plates comprised of 21 nautical charts (three together on plate following page 16). Charts show surrounding land, port cities, topography, vegetation, coastlines, islands, shoals, anchorage, and soundings. Relief shown pictorially. Charts include rhumb lines, latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as bar scales, compass roses and descriptive notes. Extended description appears in chapters I through XVI, illustrated by woodcut profile views of coastal topography. For the other parts of The English Pilot in the collection, see Pub List No 13301.000 (Part II), 13251.000 (Parts I and III, bound together) and 12434.000 (Part IV). Phillips 3230.
Authors
- Collection
- David Rumsey Map Collection
- Format
- Full Image Download in JP2 Format 43 53
- Place Discussed
- Africa, West Cape Verde Islands Good Hope, Cape of (South Africa : Cape)
- Provider
- David Rumsey
- Published in
- South Africa
- Reference
- https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~338820~90106816; https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/195/14347020.jpg; 14347.020
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/2a4c97888f2242d75f59916165c4d6bd