SMYTH (William Henry).
Plan of the City and Harbour of Messina, ...
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 map and chart of the harbour, town and environs of Messina, as prepared for the Hydrography of Sicily …. The city itself is presented in block outline, with a key to twenty-four of the most important features, while the delicate engraving gives a fine sense of the terrain of the region.
