Chart of the East Coast of the Island of Sicily, ...

Full-page engraved chart, 620 x 460 mm, a very good example. The paper is watermarked 1827. London : Admiralty Hydrographic Office, 19th July,

William Henry Smyth (1788-1865) was one of the leading Admiralty hydrographic surveyors of the early nineteenth century, finishing his naval career as Admiral. The majority of his survey work was carried out in the Mediterranean - hence his nickname "Mediterranean Smyth", with his Hydrography of Sicily, Malta and the adjacent islands ..., published by the Hydrographical Office of the Admiralty in 1823,  and the accompanying Memoir descriptive of the resources, inhabitants, and hydrography, of Sicily, and its islands ..., published in 1824.  

This is the general map and chart of the Strait of Messina south of the port of Messina, with the facing coast of Calabria, as prepared for the Hydrography of Sicily ... with the southerly continuation of the coast of Sicily to Passaro Tower. Mount Etna is shown prominently, the fine lines of the hachuring emphasising the mountainous nature of the volcano.   

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