COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Heather, William, 1764-1812
Date:
1814
Short Title:
1B: The Strait of Gibraltar
Publisher:
J.W. Norie
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Chart Map
Obj Height cm:
30
Obj Width cm:
38
Scale 1:
190,000
Note:
Engraved nautical chart of Strait of Gibraltar. Includes profile: "Appearance of the land as seen from the Pearl Rock, at the entrance to the Bay of Gibraltar ..."
Region:
Mediterranean Sea
Region:
Gibraltar, Strait of
Subject:
Nautical charts
Subject:
Navigation
Full Title:
The Strait of Gibraltar. By Don Vincente Tofino. Stephenson engraver. (to accompany) The new Mediterranean Harbour pilot. By William Heather ... London : Printed for and published by J.W. Norie and Co., 1814.
List No:
13404.004
Page No:
1B
Series No:
5
Engraver or Printer:
Stephenson
Engraver or Printer:
Tofino de San Miguel, Vicente, 1732-1795
Publication Author:
Heather, William, 1764-1812
Pub Date:
1814
Pub Title:
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.
Pub Note:
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”.
Pub List No:
13404.000
Pub Type:
Chart Atlas
Pub Maps:
227
Pub Height cm:
33
Pub Width cm:
45
Image No:
13404005.jp2
Authors:
Heather, William, 1764-1812
Link To Source
1B: The Strait of Gibraltar
