James Whittle (1757-1818) was a British engraver and map printer. Whittle was employed by Robert Sayer (ca. 1725-1794). Together with Robert Laurie (1755?-1836), he took on Sayer’s business when the older man died in 1794. The two traded together as Laurie & Whittle until 1812, when Laurie retired. They had specialized in sea charts and maritime atlases. Whittle then partnered with Laurie’s son, Richard Holmes Laurie, until he died in 1818.
Interesting map of America, published shortly after the dissemination of the Official Account of Captain James Cook's Third Voyage. The map retains the location of Mendana's Land west of Hawaii, a reference to a pre-Cook Spanish expedition that may...
Elaborate chart illustrating the period tides, with times, etc. This chart was first issued in Sayer & Bennett's A Complete Channel Pilot, comprehending the English and French coasts, from the Thames Mouth to the Bay of Biscay, including the North...
An 18th Century English Wall Map of Asia, Australia & The Indian Ocean Nice example of the 6 sheet Laurie and Whittle wall map of Asia, Australia and the Indian Ocean, first published in Asia in 1794. The map in its complete state covers an area...
A Rare British Sea Chart of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions (The Colonial Williamsburg / William Wooldridge Copy) Extremely rare separately issued chart of the coast from New York to North Carolina, which was issued separately and in Laurie...
A Fine 18th Century Map of the Southern United States & Florida with Early Plans of Charleston and St. Augustine Laurie & Whittle's edition of this scarce map of the Southern States and Florida, originally compiled by Bernard Romans for the...
Nice example of Laurie & Whittle's map of Curacao. Includes numerous profile views and a large inset of Fort Amsterdam.
Significantly revised and updated version of Laurie & Whittle's chart of the Dutch Colony of Guayana, from Jeffery's West India Atlas. The present chart has been significatnly updated from earlier editions.
Significantly revised and updated version Laurie & Whittle's chart of the Dutch and French Colonies in Guayana, from Jeffery's West India Atlas.
Fine large format map of England and Wales, published by Laurie & Whttle, based upon an earlier map by Thomas Kitchin. The map is updated to incorporate all British Canals through 1792. A number of annotations are shown along the coastlines,...
Detailed map of Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia and Lusatia, published in London by Laurie & Whittle. The map incorporates the modern day Czech Republic, Slovakia and the southern part of Poland.
Detailed map of Greece and environs from Crete and the Mediterranean to the Black Sea and the Balkans, centered on Roum-Ili. From Dunn's New Atlas or Mundane System of Geography.
A Rare English Sea Chart of Ceylon and Southern India Fine East India Company Sea Chart, covering the southern part of India and the island of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), published in London by Laurie & Whittle. The chart was published separately and in...
Detailed sea chart of the region from the southern part of Borneo, Sumatra and Pulau Bangka to Java, Bali and the islands to the east, published in London by Laurie & Whittle. The chart includes sailing direction, numeous profile views of the...
A fine large format 18th-century sea chart of Bintan and Batam Islands, Indonesia, located on the Singapore Straits, published by the firm of Laurie & Whittle. Bintan Island (formerly known as Bintang) and the adjacent island of Batam (Bataam) are...
![[Papua New Guinea, etc.] A New Chart of the Straits to the Westward of New Guinea; Comprehending The Straits of New Guinea, Revenge's or Galewo Straits, Pitt's or Sagewin Straits, Dampier's or Gamen Straits, with Bougainville's Passage . . . Captn. M. Hog](/map/small/39549.jpg)
Rare sea chart of West Papua, New Guinea, Waigeo, Pulau Raja, Pulau Sanjang, Pulau Aju, etc., published by Laurie & Whittle in London, based upon the surveys under the command of Captain Robert Williams aboard the Thames (1796 - 1797) and Captain...
A finely detailed chart of the Cape Verde Islands off the Coast of Africa, which appeared in a later edition of the West India Atlas. This sheet of sea charts details the Cape Verde Islands. First settled by the Portuguese in 1462, it soon became a...
