Seller:14jak✉️(4,253)100%,
Location:Liverpool, GB,
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Item:1119295036881914 AFRICA WEST COAST LIBERIA GARRAWAY TO TAFU POINT ADMIRALTY CHART MAP. GENUINE VINTAGE ADMIRALTY CHART OF GARRAWAY TO TAFU POINT Published 1914. Hydrographic charts or Admiralty charts are maps designed as aids to navigation at sea. They are produced by the British Admiralty. The Hydrographic Office, a sub-department of the British Admiralty, was established in 1795 and issued its first officially published Admiralty chart in November 1800. Admiralty charts show navigational hazards such as reefs and wrecks, and navigational aids such as lights, buoys and beacons. Nineteenth-century charts may show coastal elevations and topographic views, useful to identify landfalls and prominent fixing marks. They may also include details of coastal forts and other defenses. Admiralty charts are continually updated and corrected. These corrections were often made by amending the original engraved plate and issuing the chart as a new edition; in other cases the chart was completely re-drawn. DESCRIPTION/CONDITION: Chart Number 1980. Published London at the Admiralty 1887 . Large corrections none, printed small corrections to 1921 with an additional hand written correction in red to 1929, centre fold as issued. Sold by J. D. Potter, Agent for the Sale of the Admiralty Charts. Large steel engraved navigation chart on heavy grade paper measuring overall 102cm x 70cm (40" x 27.5"). Condition: a used chart with general handling marks - please refer to images and examine carefully. Thank you.
Genuine vintage admiralty chart w ith last correction (update) in 1929 - this chart is genuinely almost 90 years old and not a recent copy or more recent printing as, you will find, most charts are. As charts were updated (corrected) older versions would be discarded, and it is a wonder that these old editions have survived to this day. SHIPPED IN LARGE ROBUST TUBE