SMYTH (William Henry).

General Chart of the Hydrographical Situation of Sicily, ...

Large double-page engraved chart, 605 x 925 mm. With short tears in the lower margin into border restored, and other shorter chips, else a good example. London : Admiralty Hydrographic Office, 19th July, 1823.

£650.00

William Henry Smyth (1788-1865) was one of the leading Admiralty hydrographic surveyors of the early nineteenth century, finishing his naval career as Admiral. The majority of his survey work was carried out in the Mediterranean - hence his nickname “Mediterranean Smyth”, with his Hydrography of Sicily, Malta and the adjacent islands …, published by the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty in 1823, and the accompanying Memoir descriptive of the resources, inhabitants, and hydrography, of Sicily, and its islands …, published in 1824.

This is the general chart from the Hydrography of Sicily …, showing Sicily with Malta, southern Calabria, southern Sardinia and a section of the coast of Tunisia around Tunis.

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222795