Admiralty chart of East Hong Kong and Mirs Bay
By HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE , 1932
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Hong Kong to Mirs Bay (Attention is called to Notice to Mariners No.1 of each year) Compiled from various Admiralty surveys to 1925.

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  • Author: HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE
  • Publisher: Published at the Admiralty,
  • Publication date: 11th Feb. 1908. New editions to 1925. Large corrections to 1926. Small corrections to 1932.
  • Physical description: Engraved chart, including tidal information, compass roses, soundings, seabed notations, currents, sandbanks, shoals, lighthouses and beacons picked out in yellow and red, inland elevations, detailing, and buildings, paste-over showing dredged area in red, and plotting of a ships tack.
  • Dimensions: 1020 by 700mm. (40.25 by 27.5 inches).
  • Inventory reference: 1401

Notes

Detailed chart of East Hong Kong and Mirs Bay.

The British Hydrographic Office was founded in 1795 by George III, who appointed Alexander Dalrymple as the first Hydrographer to the Admiralty. The first charts were produced in 1800. Unlike the U. S. Coast Survey the Hydrographic Office was given permission to sell charts to the public and they produced a great number of sea charts covering every corner of the globe. Most of the Admiralty charts produced by the Hydrographic Office delineated coastline as well as high and low water marks and record depth of water as established by soundings. In addition these charts included information on shoals, reefs, and other navigational hazards that plagued mariners across the world. Thanks to the innovations of Sir Francis Beaufort, who developed the Beaufort Scale of wind strength, the British Hydrographic Office became one of the leading producers of sea charts. In fact, such was their accuracy that the phrase 'Safe as an Admiralty Chart' was coined.

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