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Sea chart of Dublin Bay from the first English sea-atlas

COLLINS, Greenvile.

[Untitled chart of Dublin Bay] To His Grace James Duke of Ormond &c. This is Humbly Dedicated & Presented by Cap.t G. Collins.
London: c.1693. Coloured. 450 x 570mm.

A sea chart of Dublin Bay, marking the sand banks, with Howth and the streets of Dublin city shown.
The chart was published in Collins' 'Great Britain's Coasting Pilot, being a New Survey of the Sea Coast', the first English sea-atlas based on personal survey. Undertaken on the orders of Charles II, Collins started his survey in 1681, a task that lasted seven years. The complete atlas was finally completed in 1693, and was so popular that editions were released, with only occasional revisions, until 1792.


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Stock Id :23156

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Sea chart of Dublin Bay from the first English sea-atlas

COLLINS, Greenvile.

[Untitled chart of Dublin Bay] To His Grace James Duke of Ormond &c. This is Humbly Dedicated & Presented by Cap.t G. Collins.
London: c.1693. Coloured. 450 x 570mm.

A sea chart of Dublin Bay, marking the sand banks, with Howth and the streets of Dublin city shown.
The chart was published in Collins' 'Great Britain's Coasting Pilot, being a New Survey of the Sea Coast', the first English sea-atlas based on personal survey. Undertaken on the orders of Charles II, Collins started his survey in 1681, a task that lasted seven years. The complete atlas was finally completed in 1693, and was so popular that editions were released, with only occasional revisions, until 1792.


Stock ID : 23156

£550

£550

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