Subject: Western France
Period: 1729 (circa)
Publication: The English Pilot
Color: Hand Color
Size:
21 x 17.3 inches
53.3 x 43.9 cm
This handsome sea chart covers the Bay of Biscay, extending from northwestern Spain near Bayonne north to La Rochelle. It features good coastal detail with soundings and anchorages noted along with the street grids of the larger towns. Includes a large decorative inset of the Bordeaux River at bottom with excellent navigational details. Adorned by a decorative title cartouche, compass rose with fleur-de-lis, and rhumb lines in the water.
References: Shirley (BL Atlases) M.M&P-1b #16.
Condition: B+
There is minor soiling and a hint of offsetting.