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Published by William Mount and Thomas Page, London: Tower-Hill, 1744
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. A Landmark in the Charting of Great Britain. Folio, 18th century mottled half calf over blue-green marbled paper boards, decorative gilt spine, red morocco lettering piece, pp. [iv] + 26. Fine allegorical copperplate title (incorporating a small map of the British Isles), letter press title print…ed in red & black, 47 copperplate charts & profiles (5 folding, 3 single page, the remainder double page) and one chart in the text (at p18). A couple of the folding maps just torn at fold, some browning and offsetting, text spotted in places, but still a handsome copy. First published in 1693 and reissued many times throughout the eighteenth century, this formidable and costly project, [was] the first systematic survey of British coastal waters (Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps, 3rd ed p163). (511*322 mm). (Phillips 5199. Moreland & Bannister). In 1667 the Dutch sailed up the Thames and destroyed a great part of the British Navy in the Medway and bombarded Chatham. [an] the Government was shaken. by the realisation that the Dutch new more about the coastline of England than the English themselves, and their confidence was not increased when it was found that John Seller, in producing the first volume of his marine atlas, the English Pilot, in 1671, was still using Dutch plates and often very old ones at that. As now, government was tardy in action and it was not until 1681 that Samuel Pepys, as Secretary of the Navy, instructed Captain Greenville Collins to carry out a survey of British coasts and harbours. In due course, after a seven year survey, Captain Collins issued in 1693 the Great Britain's Coasting Pilot, an outstanding work consisting of 48 charts, the first complete Pilot Book in English of all the coasts of Great Britain and the surrounding islands with special attention, of course, to the ports (Moreland & Bannister). In 1693, he finally published his results in a folio volume of two parts, Great Britain's Coasting Pilot, containing sailing directions, tide tables, coastal views and about forty-nine charts. The charts were not completely accurate, but with all their shortcomings they were an enormous advance on anything before them, and entitle Collins to rank not only with the earliest, but with the best of English hydrographers. The work covered England and Scotland, and though Collins proposed a further study to cover Ireland, the plan came to nothing. Collins recorded that he had spent £40 on instruments, and charged £80 for the 120 manuscript maps he delivered. With his claim for expenses set at £200 per annum, and his wages of £394 10s., he claimed a total of £1914 10s. for his work, which was eventually paid in arrears. The cost was more than three times the original estimate. His cousin, Freeman Collins, printed the Coasting Pilot, which Richard Mount sold. Mount's subsequent firm then went on to publish twenty-one further editions of the pilot throughout the nineteenth century. COLLINS Greenvile Captain (illustrator).
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Add to basketMap. Condition: Very Good. 1693 - (or later). Hand coloured copper engraved sea chart depicting Plymouth Sound. I extends from the Mewstone to Saltash, and Ramhead in the west to Newton Ferrers in the east.Salcombe is shown in an inset. Large decorative title with dedication to Lord Torrington, and elaborate mileage scale. Compa…ss rose with rhumb lines decorate the sea area.
More imagesPublished by Printed and Published by The Sudbrook Press in association with George G Harrap undated
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Add to basketFacsimile of the 1753 Edition. Hardback. Near very good in near good, worn, torn, repaired, faded on spine, marked, price clipped and plastic protected, d/w. Spine and edges bumped, edge of pages marked. Heavy book, wmay require extra postage - please email for exact postage quote and information on any available discounts.
Published by Collins Greenvile, 1643-1694, 1694
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: very good. Holy-Head, Anglesey, anno 1770, map, Collins Greenvile, size of the sheet: 52x62 cm., printed on thick paper, original publishers colours, very good condition. Greenvile Collins (1643 - 1694) (also spelt Greenvill or Greenville) was an officer of the Royal Navy and prominent hydrographer, who com…piled Great Britain's Coasting Pilot, the first survey of the country's coast undertaken by a Briton.
Published by Collins Greenvile, 1643-1694, 1694
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: very good. Isle of Man, Anglesey, anno 1760, map, Collins COLLINS, Capt. Greenvile. The Isle of Man and coast of North West England COLLINS, Capt. Greenvile. Copper engraving. Contemporary colour. Size: 56 x 44 cm. Chart of the coast of northwest England with adjacent coasts of Scotland and Wales, Isle of M…an at upper centre. Very good Air-condition, printed on thick paper with original colours. Some small tears on margins Greenvile Collins (1643 - 1694) (also spelt Greenvill or Greenville) was an officer of the Royal Navy and prominent hydrographer, who compiled Great Britain's Coasting Pilot, the first survey of the country's coast undertaken by a Briton.
More imagesPublished by Jacques Nicolas Bellin, Paris, 1757
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Add to basketNo binding. Condition: Good. RARE MARITIME WORK. Folio (505 x 340 mm.), full contemporary marbled calf, with French fillet triple gilt ruled boards with floral corner piece, gilt armorials to both boards with fleur de lys enclosed by two ornate 'chains', surmounted by a coronet, gilt decorated ribbed spine with ornate gilt flora…l compartments, marbled endpapers. With typographic title page containing index and 19 engraved charts (all but one double page), without text as issued, some upper corner of title and lower left corner of the chart of the Orkney's with some restoration, light marginal water staining, otherwise in good condition. This VERY RARE WORK by Jacques Nicolas Bellin is a French edition of Captain Greenvile Collins' landmark atlas entitled'Great Britain's Coasting Pilot' first published in 1693. The 'Coasting Pilot' was "The first systematic survey of British coastal waters and the first marine atlas of British waters engraved and printed in London from original surveys" (Verner). Since the late sixteenth century navigators in the waters of the British Isles had utilised the printed charts of the Dutch. During the mid-seventeenth century England fought three wars with the Dutch and her reliance on the work of the enemy was a clear source of embarrassment. The Dutch had private charts which were clearly superior to English sources.On 23 June 1681 Charles II commissioned Captain Greenvile Collins (d.1694) to make a survey of the coasts of Great Britain, a task undertaken between 1681 and 1688. Collins was an officer in the Royal Navy who from 1669 to 1671 had sailed with Sir John Narborough on his expedition to the Straits of Magellan and the Chilean coast. He was master of the frigate 'Charles' from 1676 to 1679 and served extensively in the Algerian war. He was promoted to Commander in 1679 and retained that rank until his death in 1694. In carrying out his survey Collins used two vessels, first the 'Merlin' and then the 'Monmouth'. Hampered as so many English cartographers of his era were by lack of funds the finished work first published in 1693 is not quite as accurate as it could have been. However the 'Coasting Pilot' is a remarkable surveying achievement, and a landmark in the charting of British coastal waters. It remained in print for a hundred years, long after it had been superseded. At the beginning of the Seven Years War (1756-63) with Great Britain, the French government commissioned its official hydrographer Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-72) to translate a large section of the 'Coasting Pilot'. A note at the foot of the title states that it is a "work esteemed and sought after by Navigators: this is what has engaged the Ministry to have the greater part of this work copied, to make it more common and to provide it to the Officers of the Navy". Bellin chose to illustrate nineteen charts omitting the three major rivers on the North Sea coast; the Thames, Humber and Tyne. That for Edinburgh however was included, quite possibly because the French still retained close ties with Scotland. The note continues to state that the text was issued as a supplement in Bellin's 'Essai Geographique sur les Isles Britanniques' issued in 1757. Bellin was one of the most important and prolific French cartographers of the mid-eighteenth century. The Dà pà t des Cartes et Plans was founded in 1720 and the following year Bellin began working for them as the first Ingenieur Hydrographe de la Marine and became Royal Hydrographer. He produced a great many maps and charts of excellent quality compiling atlases of sailing charts for military and official use as well as for commercial publication. There are charts of Rye Harbour, Sandwich Bay, Portland and Weymouth, the Devon coast from Exmouth to Salcombe (and more detailed charts of Dartmouth and Plymouth harbours), Fowey, Falmouth, the Scilly Isles, the Irish Channel, the Bristol Channel, Milford Haven, various Irish ports, the Firth of Forth, and the Orkneys. Considering its proximity and importance.
Published by London, 1730
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Add to basketNo binding. Condition: Good. 190 x 240 mm., printed on a sheet of text, in good condition. This chart is from "The first systematic survey of British coastal waters and the first marine atlas of British waters engraved and printed in London from original surveys" (Verner). Since the late sixteenth century navigators in the water…s of the British Isles had utilised the printed charts of the Dutch. During the mid-seventeenth century England fought three wars with the Dutch and her reliance on the work of the enemy was a clear source of embarrassment. The Dutch had private charts which were clearly superior to English sources.On 23 June 1681 Charles II commissioned Captain Greenvile Collins to make a survey of the coasts of Great Britain, a task undertaken between 1681 and 1688. Collins was an officer in the Royal Navy who from 1669 to 1671 had sailed with Sir John Narborough on his expedition to the Straits of Magellan and the Chilean coast. He was master of the frigate 'Charles' from 1676 to 1679 and served extensively in the Algerian war. He was promoted to Commander in 1679 and retained that rank until his death in 1694.Engraved by John Harris this map features the coast of Northumberland centred around Warpworth Castle and Cocket Island. The 'Coasting Pilot' is a remarkable surveying achievement, and a landmark in the charting of British coastal waters. NMM 335; Shirley 'Atlases in the British Library' M.Coll 1f; Verner 'Captain Collins' 'Coasting Pilot'', in Map Collectors' Circle no. 58.
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. WELSH Coast only. The First edition of the maps was in 1693, the first Sea Atlas produced by an Englishman and was reissued numerous times over the next hundred years. The maps in this offer make up 8 loose center fold charts of the Welsh Coast, not dated but c1750s, on thick heavy paper, 50*59…cms, no water marks, copper engravings, most showing a compass rose, rhumb lines, sailing boats, un-coloured, all with large decorative cartouches. They are: Not numbered - St Georges Channel, No 24 Milford-Haven, No 25 Milford Haven and the Islands Adjacent, 26 Cardigan Bay, 27 Holy-Head Part of the Island of Anglesey in North Wales, 28 P. of Carnarvan Shire, 29 The Isle of Man, 30 The River Dee or Chester-Water. All have a couple of tiny pin pricks to top left & right corners and a couple have a tiny pin prick to the maps -plotting?-. No date or edition stated. Housed in a large protective up and over box covered in brown book-cloth with printed title to front on white paper label. An interesting feature of Collins's maps are the series of straight lines originating in small black circles and ending at prominent landmarks on shore. The circles represent the position of the survey vessel, the locations of which were fixed by compass bearings represented by the straight lines. Soundings were taken by lead line and depths are indicated in fathoms. The survey took seven years and was undertaken from the Merlin, Monmouth, Martin, and the Younge Spragge. Collins probably used existing charts and seamen's sketches and notes, as well as his own observations in this remarkably ambitious undertaking. See ODNB for a full Bio. 0. MOXON J COLLINS J (illustrator).
Published by London, 1720
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Add to basketNo binding. Condition: Good. 565 x 445 mm, on double backed paper as issued, in good condition. From the magnificent and important 'Great Britain's Coasting Pilot'. This was the first accurate sea survey domestically published. This fine chart displays the Menai Straits between the island of Anglesey and mainland Wales. Evans, O…lwen Caradoc. (1969). 'Marine Plans and Charts of Wales', in Map Collectors' Circle no. 54; Verner 'Captain Collins' 'Coasting Pilot'', in Map Collectors' Circle no. 58; Shirley BL M.Coll 1a no. 19.
Published by London, 1693
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Add to basketNo binding. Condition: Fair. 445 x 560 mm., with some support to the very edge of the margin on the right side, light water stain to the upper corners, a nice dark impression, otherwise in good condition. This chart of the west coast of Wales is from "The first systematic survey of British coastal waters and the first marine atl…as of British waters engraved and printed in London from original surveys" (Verner). Since the late sixteenth century navigators in the waters of the British Isles had utilised the printed charts of the Dutch. During the mid-seventeenth century England fought three wars with the Dutch and her reliance on the work of the enemy was a clear source of embarrassment. The Dutch had private charts which were clearly superior to English sources.On 23 June 1681 Charles II commissioned Captain Greenvile Collins to make a survey of the coasts of Great Britain, a task undertaken between 1681 and 1688. Collins was an officer in the Royal Navy who from 1669 to 1671 had sailed with Sir John Narborough on his expedition to the Straits of Magellan and the Chilean coast. He was master of the frigate 'Charles' from 1676 to 1679 and served extensively in the Algerian war. He was promoted to Commander in 1679 and retained that rank until his death in 1694. The 'Coasting Pilot' is a remarkable surveying achievement, and a landmark in the charting of British coastal waters. NMM 335; Shirley 'Atlases in the British Library' M.Coll 1f; Verner 'Captain Collins' 'Coasting Pilot'', in Map Collectors' Circle no. 58 no. 15 state 3, all three states appear by 1693.
Published by Great Britain Coasting Pilot. 1760, 1760
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Add to basketChart of the Pembrokeshire coast near to Milford Haven with soundings rhumb lines. Title cartouche at top left surrounded by game birds. Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became 'Hydrographer to the King' before the Coasting Pilot was published. The Coasting Pilot was the result of the first systemat…ic survey of British coastal waters. It took eight years to complete. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163 Copper engraving. Expert repairs to margins and centrefold. Very good condition Later colour. Size: 56 x 44 cm. (22 x 17½ inches).
Published by Great Britain Coasting Pilot. 1760, 1760
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Add to basketChart of the coast of Wales with north to the left, soundings and rhumb lines. Five silhouetees of ladnforms from the sea along top edge. Ornate dedicatory cartouche at lower left to 'Sr Cloudesley Shovell. Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became 'Hydrographer to the King' before the Coasting Pilot…was published. The Coasting Pilot was the result of the first systematic survey of British coastal waters. It took eight years to complete. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163 Copper engraving. Expert repairs to margins. Very good condition Later colour. Size: 56 x 44 cm. (22 x 17½ inches).
Published by London 1760, 1760
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Add to basketChart in three parts, with Burlington Bay, above, Hartlepool at lower left, and Scarborough at lower right. Each map shows north to the right, has sandbanks, soundings and rhumb lines. Decorated cartouche at top left.The Great Britain Coasting Pilot was the result of the first systematic survey of British coastal waters. It took… eight years to complete, and was used by the Royal Navy for navigating British waters for many years. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm.Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became 'Hydrographer to the King' before the Coasting Pilot was published. Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163 Copper engraving, later colour. Expert repairs to margins, centrefold. Very good condition. Size: 56.5 x 44.5 cm.
Published by Great Britain Coasting Pilot. 1760, 1760
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Add to basketSea Chart of Holyhead, North Wales, with rhumb lines and soundings. North to the left of map. Title in ornamental cartouche at lower left. Inset views of coastline as seen from various positions at sea ('Holyhead Nb.E 4 leagues'). Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became 'Hydrographer to the King' be…fore the Coasting Pilot was published. The Coasting Pilot was the result of the first systematic survey of British coastal waters. It took eight years to complete. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163 Copper engraving. Expert repairs to margins and centrefold. Very good condition Size: 56.5 x 44 cm. (22 x 17½ inches).
Published by London. 1760, 1760
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Add to basketAttractive sea chart of the western coast of Kent from Dover Castle to North Foreland. Rhumb lines, sandbanks, soundings, and two coastal silhouettes around South Foreland on top edge of map. Title cartouche at top right and scale at lower left. The Great Britain Coasting Pilot was the result of the first systematic survey of Br…itish coastal waters. It took eight years to complete, and was used by the Royla Navy for navigating British waters for many years. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm.Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became 'Hydrographer to the King' before the Coasting Pilot was published. Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163 Copper engraving. Expert repairs to margins. Very good condition. Later colour. Size: 54 x 42 cm.
Published by Published by J. Mount, T. Page and W. Mount no date given c1693-1779, London, 1693
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Add to basket, Hand coloured map measuring 45 x 57 cm (49 x 62 cm full page), scale of approximately 3 cm to 1 mile, dedication to S. Robert Southwell inside decorative crest flanked by cherubs, Greenvile Collins was the first man to map the coastline of Britain and Ireland and his "Great Britain's Coasting Pilot" was first published in 1693…, the only copy of this map listed on Copac is estimated at 1779 Early Edition , Map with centre fold which is lightly stained, Small edge tears, light water staining otherwise map in good+ condition 49 x 62 cm full page map ISBN.
Published by London, 1693
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Add to basketNo binding. Condition: Very Good. 435 x 505 mm., in recent wash colour, on thick paper and in good condition. This chart of the Bristol Channel is from "The first systematic survey of British coastal waters and the first marine atlas of British waters engraved and printed in London from original surveys" (Verner). The inset lowe…r right illustrates the arrival of William III at Shirehampton on 6 September 1690 following the Battle of the Boyne. Since the late sixteenth century navigators in the waters of the British Isles had utilised the printed charts of the Dutch. During the mid-seventeenth century England fought three wars with the Dutch and her reliance on the work of the enemy was a clear source of embarrassment. The Dutch had private charts which were clearly superior to English sources.On 23 June 1681 Charles II commissioned Captain Greenvile Collins to make a survey of the coasts of Great Britain, a task undertaken between 1681 and 1688. Collins was an officer in the Royal Navy who from 1669 to 1671 had sailed with Sir John Narborough on his expedition to the Straits of Magellan and the Chilean coast. He was master of the frigate 'Charles' from 1676 to 1679 and served extensively in the Algerian war. He was promoted to Commander in 1679 and retained that rank until his death in 1694. The 'Coasting Pilot' is a remarkable surveying achievement, and a landmark in the charting of British coastal waters. This is an example of the first state. NMM 335; Shirley (2004) M.Coll 1a 14; Verner 'Captain Collins' 'Coasting Pilot'', in Map Collectors' Circle no. 58 no. 47.
Published by London 1760, 1760
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Add to basketThis sea chart shows the south western tip of Cornwall and the Scilly Isles, and the sea to the south. Dedicatory cartouche to 'the Hon. the Governor, deputy Govornor and Committees of the East India Company.' Rhumb lines and soundings.The Great Britain Coasting Pilot was the result of the first systematic survey of British coas…tal waters. It took eight years to complete, and was used by the Royal Navy for navigating British waters for many years. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm.Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became 'Hydrographer to the King' before the Coasting Pilot was published. Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163 Copper engraving. Expert repairs to margins, a few soil marks at lower right. Very good condition. Later colour. Size: 56.5 x 44.5 cm.
Published by Great Britain Coasting Pilot. 1760, 1760
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Add to basketChart of the Moray Firth in NE Scotland, with soundings and rhumblines. North to right of map.Dedicatory cartouche to Lord Viscount Torbat at top right. Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became 'Hydrographer to the King' before the Coasting Pilot was published. The Coasting Pilot was the result of th…e first systematic survey of British coastal waters. It took eight years to complete. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163 Copper engraving. Expert repairs to margins and centrefold Later colour. Size: 56 x 44 cm. (22 x 17½ inches).
Published by Great Britain Coasting Pilot. 1760, 1760
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Add to basketSea chart of the coast from Crail to Aberdeen on Scotland's east coast, with inset maps of Aberdeen and Montrose harbours. Soundings and rhumb lines, ornamental cartouche at lower left with dedication to the magistrates of Aberdeen. Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became 'Hydrographer to the King'…before the Coasting Pilot was published. The Coasting Pilot was the result of the first systematic survey of British coastal waters. It took eight years to complete. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163 Copper engraving. Expert repairs to margins and centrefold Size: 56 x 44 cm. (22 x 17½ inches).
Published by London 1760, 1760
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Add to basketChart of the coast of northwest England from the Mersey to the Solway Firth with adjacent coasts of Scotland and Wales, Isle of Man at upper centre. Compass point at centre shows north to the right of map. Soundings rhumb lines, ships at sea.Two inset coastal silhouettes at lower left. The Great Britain Coasting Pilot was the re…sult of the first systematic survey of British coastal waters. It took eight years to complete, and was used by the Royal Navy for navigating British waters for many years. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm.Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became 'Hydrographer to the King' before the Coasting Pilot was published. Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163 Copper engraving, later colour. Expert repairs to margin, two wormholes on upper margin. Very good condition. Size: 56 x 44 cm.
Published by Great Britain Coasting Pilot. 1760, 1760
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Add to basketSea chart of the harbours of Orkney. The main map shows the sea inlets around Kirkwall, two inset maps show Deer Sound and Stromness. Five coastal silhouettes inset at top right, title cartouche flanked by black eagles at centre right. The Great Britain Coasting Pilot was the result of the first systematic survey of British coas…tal waters. It took eight years to complete, and was used by the Royal Navy for navigating British waters for many years. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm. Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became 'Hydrographer to the King' before the Coasting Pilot was published. Tooled, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moorland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163 Copper engraving. Expert repairs, mainly to upper margin. Very good condition. Later colour. Size: 56 x 44 cm. (22 x 17½ inches).
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Add to basketLarge folio (515 x 330 mm); letterpress title-page printed red and black, engraved title-page, 1 preliminary leaf, 26pp., 47 engraved charts, most double-page, one set in text, 2 leaves of coastal profiles, lacking the large folding chart of the Channel. Period-style full calf, red morocco label to spine, gilt. London : John Mou…nt, William Mount (II) and Thomas Page (III), Greenville Collins (d. 1694; fl. 1669-1693) was an officer in the Royal Navy, who saw active service in operations against Algerian pirates, and served with Sir John Narborough in his expedition to southern South America and the Straits of Magellan (1669-1671) where he first practiced his chart-making skills). In the early 1680s, Collins proposed that he undertake a full-scale survey of the British coastal waters, a project long overdue. The vast majority of existing charts were of Dutch origin, and often much out-dated. King Charles II was persuaded and funding promised, and in 1681 Collins was given command of the yacht 'Merlin', and sent to survey the British coasts. In the course of the survey, between 1681 and 1688, Collins produced about 120 manuscript charts, from which were produced forty-seven engraved charts, covering most of the British Isles: the western coast of Scotland and western coast of Ireland were omitted, perhaps because of the difficulties Collins experienced in getting paid; he was compelled to use his own money, and extended credit, in order to complete the work. Collins' 'Great Britain's Coasting Pilot', as it was termed, was first published in 1693, advertised in the 'London Gazette' for 20th - 23rd February 1693; it seems likely that the cost of publishing was born by Richard Mount, who appears on the title-page as selling the book. Certainly the plates passed into the ownership of Mount's heirs and successors, who published subsequent editions. Collins' pilot represents the first systematic survey of the waters it covers, the first series of charts of British waters drawn by an Englishman, as well as being the first marine atlas engraved and printed in London from original surveys, so a landmark in British chart-making and publishing. It can also be credited as one of a group of publications that helped break British dependence on Dutch chart-publishers for maritime materials. The 'Great Britain's Coasting Pilot' proved enduringly popular; it remained in print for one hundred years and for most of that time was the best chart book of British coastal waters; it was only in the 1770s that rival publishers began to produce a superior chart book.
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Add to basketLarge folio (515 x 330 mm); letterpress title-page printed red and black, engraved title-page, 1 preliminary leaf, 26pp., 48 engraved charts, most double-page, one set in text, 2 leaves of coastal profiles. Recent pannelled calf, red morocco label to spine, gilt. London, William and John Mount, Thomas Page (II) & (III), Greenvi…lle Collins (d. 1694; fl. 1669-1693) was an officer in the Royal Navy, who saw active service in operations against Algerian pirates, and served with Sir John Narborough in his expedition to southern South America and the Straits of Magellan (1669-1671) where he first practiced his chart-making skills). In the early 1680s, Collins proposed that he undertake a full-scale survey of the British coastal waters, a project long overdue. The vast majority of existing charts were of Dutch origin, and often much out-dated. King Charles II was persuaded and funding promised, and in 1681 Collins was given command of the yacht 'Merlin', and sent to survey the British coasts. In the course of the survey, between 1681 and 1688, Collins produced about 120 manuscript charts, from which were produced forty-seven engraved charts, covering most of the British Isles: the western coast of Scotland and western coast of Ireland were omitted, perhaps because of the difficulties Collins experienced in getting paid; he was compelled to use his own money, and extended credit, in order to complete the work. Collins' 'Great Britain's Coasting Pilot', as it was termed, was first published in 1693, advertised in the 'London Gazette' for 20th - 23rd February 1693; it seems likely that the cost of publishing was born by Richard Mount, who appears on the title-page as selling the book. Certainly the plates passed into the ownership of Mount's heirs and successors, who published subsequent editions. Collins' pilot represents the first systematic survey of the waters it covers, the first series of charts of British waters drawn by an Englishman, as well as being the first marine atlas engraved and printed in London from original surveys, so a landmark in British chart-making and publishing. It can also be credited as one of a group of publications that helped break British dependence on Dutch chart-publishers for maritime materials. The 'Great Britain's Coasting Pilot' proved enduringly popular; it remained in print for one hundred years and for most of that time was the best chart book of British coastal waters; it was only in the 1770s that rival publishers began to produce a superior chart book. This printing appeared during the Seven Years' War when Britain was under threat of invasion from France.
Published by London 1760, 1760
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Add to basketSea chart of east coast of England. The map is very busy with rhumblines and soundings, compass point with north to right, decorated dedicatory cartoushe at lower right to 'SR Ralph de la Valk, Vice Admiral of the Red.Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became 'Hydrographer to the King' before the Coas…ting Pilot was published. The Coasting Pilot was the result of the first systematic survey of British coastal waters. It took eight years to complete. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163 Copper engraving. Expert repairs to margin and centrefold. Very good condition Later colour. Size: 56 x 44 cm.
Published by London. c.1760, 1760
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Add to basketA detailed sea chart of the northern part of the English channel, from Kent to Norfolk, from Calais to Frisland, showing sandbanks, soundings, rhumb lines. There is a dedicatory cartouche at lower right on sea shell held aloft by sea nymphs. Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became 'Hydrographer to t…he King' before the Coasting Pilot was published. 'The Coasting Pilot' atlas was the result of the first systematic survey of British coastal waters. It took eight years to complete. The work proved to be extremely popular, and was reissued many times over a number of years. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm. (Ref Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163). Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163 Size: 570 x 445 mm. Copper engraving. Later colour. Expert repairs to margins Very good condition.
Published by Great Britain Coasting Pilot. 1760, 1760
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Add to basketSea chart showing the coast line of England and Wales from Land's End to the Solway Firth, and the eastern coast of Ireland. Numerous soundings arounc coast, rhumblines, compass point at sea shows north to the right. Dedicatory cartouche to 'SR Richard Rooth' at right. Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer w…ho became 'Hydrographer to the King' before the Coasting Pilot was published. The Coasting Pilot was the result of the first systematic survey of British coastal waters. It took eight years to complete, and was used by the British Navy for many years. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163 Copper engraving. Expert repairs to margin and centrefold. Very good condition Later colour. Size: 58.3 x 46 cm. (23 x 18 inches).
Published by Great Britain Coasting Pilot. 1760, 1760
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Add to basketSea chart of the Firth of Forth, showing the coast from Dunbar to St, Andrews. Soundings, rhumblines. Inset map of coast from St. Abb's Head to Berwick. Dedicatory cartouche at top left, decorated with spears, bannersmermaids and seamonsters, with scale in English miles below. The Great Britain Coasting Pilot was the result of t…he first systematic survey of British coastal waters. It took eight years to complete, and was used by the Royla Navy for navigating British waters for many years. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm.Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became 'Hydrographer to the King' before the Coasting Pilot was published. Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163 Copper engraving. Expert repairs to margins. Very good condition Later colour. Size: 56.5 x 45 cm. (22 x 17½ inches).
Published by London: 1760, 1760
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Add to basketAttractive sea chart of Harwich and surrounding coastline, north to right of map, soundings, rhumb lines. Decorated dedicatory cartouche- to Samuel Pepys- with cherubs, fish and shells, and scale in English miles below, with a sketch of a sea battle to left of cartouche. Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer… who became 'Hydrographer to the King' before the Coasting Pilot was published. The Coasting Pilot was the result of the first systematic survey of British coastal waters. It took eight years to complete. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm. Published in the 'Great Britain Coasting Pilot'. Tooley, Dictionary of Maps and Map Makers p.125; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps p.163 Size: 565 x 440 mm. Copper engraving. Later colour. Expert repairs to margins, wormhole on top margin. Very good condition.
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Add to basket1790Great Britains Coasting Pilot being A NEW SURVEY of the Sea Coast by Capt Greenvile Collins Hydrographer to his MajestyFine example of the decorative title page from Grenville CollinsGreat Britains Coasting Pilot. This sumptuous Baroque composition is centred on a merman holding up a scallop shell featuring the atlass title,… while to the sides are Britannia and Neptune. Below mermen and mermaids hold forth a chart of Great Britain, while the entire composition is surmounted by the Royal Arms.In 1681, Captain Grenville Collins (fl. 1679-93) was commissioned by Charles II to chart the coasts of Great Britain. Collins produced hisGreat Britains Coasting Pilotin 1693, which has the distinction of being the first original sea atlas to be produced by an Englishman and the first sea atlas dedicated solely to the coasts of the British Isles.Excellent condition. Overall size approx 31 x 50cm.
