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Antique Chart of Dundee, Aberdeen and Montrose in Scotland, C.1774
$305
€270 · £230
Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- 1774
- Sheet size
- 19.7 × 23.2 in (50 × 59 cm)
- Condition
- Fair
- Collection
- Sea charts
- Era
- 1700 to 1789, Age of discovery
- Stock no.
- f_26271002
Antique map titled 'To the Honble the Magistrates of the Citty of Aberdeene'. Sea chart of Tay Estuary depictinging Dundee, with two further inset charts of Aberdeen and Montrose, with an attractive decorative title cartouche, numerous navigational rhumb lines and soundings.
Artists and Engravers: Captain Greenvile (or Greenville) Collins. Collins was an officer of the Royal Navy and prominent hydrographer, who was commissioned by King Charles II in 1676 and appointed by Samuel Pepys (then Secretary to the Admiralty), to chart the coasts of Great Britain.
Condition: Fair, general age-related toning. Few marginal tears and a few restorations (mainly on folding line). Please study image carefully.
Date: c.1774
Overall size: 59 x 50 cm
Image size: 56 x 44 cm
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