An important chart of the English Channel

THORNTON, John.

A New & Correct draught of the Channell between England & France Shewing ye Sands Shoales depth of Water & Anchorage on ye said Coasts with the setting of the tydes and the time of High Water as observed by Cap.t Edm. Halley.
London: W. & J. Mount and T. Page, 1747. Two sheets conjined, total 450 x 820mm.

Narrow margins top and bottom due to the size of the chart.

A detailed chart of the English Channel based on the observations carried out in 1701 by Edmond Halley. It shows from the Scilly Islands to the Straits of Dover, with insets of the Thames Estuary, the Scilly Islands and the Solent.
It was first published in Thornton's 'Atlas Maritimus', with a dedication to Admiral of the Fleet Cloudesley Shovell, ironically placed next to the Scilly Islands inset, where Shovell's fleet famously ran around, prompting the institution of the Longitude Prize.
This example was published in an edition of Mount & Page's 'The English Pilot. The First Book'.


Stock ID : 15574