Chart of the Southern Coast of Sicily, ...
SMYTH William Henry (1823)
£400.00
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Full-page engraved chart, 460 x 620 mm, the sheet uncut, 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 a chart of the stretch of coast from Cape Granitola to M. D'Oro; the delicate engraving gives a fine sense of the coastal terrain.
Stock Code: 222788
