Fine sea chart of the Southern Atlantic Ocean, first published in London by John Thornton. The general map from Thornton's English Pilot The Third Book, concentrating on oriental navigation, showing the first half of the route to the Far East. The...
Scarce Early English Chart of the Bahamas from the Influential English Pilot, Fourth Book This chart by Mount and Page includes the tip of Florida, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Jamaica, the western part of Hispaniola and Cozumel to the far west. The...
Nice example of John Thornton's sea chart of St. Kitts, Guadalupe and Martinique, which first appeared in the English Pilot, Fourth Book, in about 1706. Includes a fine map of St. Christophers, now known as St. Kitts, showing the parishes, forts,...
Striking chart of area around the Bay of Marseille, based the chart of the Marseilles region published in Henri Michelot and Laurent Bremond's Carte Generalle dele Mer Mediterranee. The map appeared in Mount & Page's English Pilot, Book III....
Nice example of Mount & Page's sea chart of the Cape Verde Islands, which appeared in the English Pilot, Book I. Located in the South Atlantic some 300 miles west of Africa, the Cape Verde archipelago was discovered by the Portuguese in 1460. The...
