SMYTH (William Henry).
Plan of the Anchorages & Shoals, in the Vicinity of Trapani ...
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 Hydrographical 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 of the western coast of Sicily from Mount St. Julian to Marsala, with the coastal islands, and Trapani prominent. There are inset views of the Castle of Maritimo and a ‘Saracenic Tower’ on Mount St. Julia.
