Chart of the North Coast of Sicily and the Æolian Islands ...

Full-page engraved chart, 465 x 615 mm, a very good example. 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 a chart of the stretch of coast from Cape San Vito to the Faro of Messina (North-western tip of the island) with the Aeolian islands off the coast; while the delicate engraving gives a fine sense of the coastal terrain. 

Stock Code: 222787