A General Large Chart of the Saint George's Channel
Large separataly issued chart of the St George's Channel
Type of object:
Maps and globes
Time period:
Britain rules the waves + France
Place:
Liverpool
Date:
1767
Maker / Author:
Capt. Robert Williamson
Publisher / Printer:
Published accord[in]g to Act of Parliament
Dimensions:
Total 124 x 193 cm
Material:
2 x 12 sheets and mounted on linen, fine original full-wash colour
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Description
Large sea chart insets of principal Welsh and Irish ports, large insets of Liverpool, Dublin, and Waterford, inset chart of the Firth of Clyde, dedications to the Lord Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, John Crosbie Major of Liverpool, and John Earl of Bute, within chart.
'A General Chart of the Saint George's Channel, containing a Particular Description Of the bearings of each Point of Land by the Common Compass as well as the true Meridain Line, and their distances from each other: With the Depth of the Water, Harbours &c. Corrected from actual Surveys, experienced Pilots, &ca. And Published by Capt[ai]n Rob[er]t Williamson of Liverpool 1766. '
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