SMYTH (William Henry).
Plan of the City, Environs and Anchorage of Girgenti ...
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 a detailed chart of the bay. An inset gives a fine distant view of the city from the ruined temple of Esculapius.
