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A new chart of the Mediterranean Sea

Depths shown by soundings in selected areas. Statement of dedication: To the Right Honorable Horatio Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk, Rear Admiral of the Blue, and Knight of the Military Order of the Garter, this chart is most repectfully dedicated by his grateful much obliged humble servant, William Heather. "Published as the Act directs, July 12th 1797, by W. Heather & Co. at the Navigation Warehouse, No. 157 Leadenhall Street, London." Originally printed on 3 sheets (later conjoined, still later quartered and mounted on cloth backing to enable folding). Includes notes, 7 landscape panoramas, and 11 compass stars. Inset charts: The Gulf of Marseilles / by Henry Michelott -- The port of Genoa / by Captain Dupré -- The harbor of Leghorn / by William Heather -- The Gulf of Smyrna / by Henry Michod.

Date
1797
Mapmaker / publisher
Heather, William; Stephenson, John; Norie, J. W. (John William); Michelot, Henri; W. Heather & Co
Place
the Mediterranean Sea
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
chart
Original size
22,819 × 9,546 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

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"A new chart of the Mediterranean Sea" (1797). Heather, William; Stephenson, John; Norie, J. W. (John William); Michelot, Henri; W. Heather & Co. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_new_chart_of_the_Mediterranean_Sea_LOC_2012593220.jpg

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