SMYTH (William Henry).
Plan of the City, Bay and Promontory of Milazzo ...
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.
A detailed chart of the bay and map the promontory, with Milazzo at the neck, marking the Old and New Town, the British barracks, and so on. An inset gives a finely executed distant view of the city from across the bay.
