An unrecorded state of Dobree’s chart of Guernsey

£900

In stock

more...

A New Chart of the Island of Guernsey

with those of Sark, Herm and Jethou; shewing all the Rocks, Shoals, and other Dangers; the Channels, Soundings and Run of the Tides &c. Improved from the survey made by Capt. Dobree.

SKU: 17501 Tag: Type:

DOBREE, Nicholas
London,
London, Robert Laurie and James Whittle, [but Richard Holmes Laurie,
c1823].
Double-page engraved chart, with contemporary hand-colour in full.
505 by 705mm. (20 by 27.75 inches).
17501

To scale:

notes:

notes:

Unrecorded state, with the original date of publication erased, of the most detailed chat of Guernsey published in the eighteenth century.

On 3rd October 1744 HMS Victory was wrecked with the loss of her entire crew, 100 bronze cannon and gold bullion. For over 260 years she was believed to have been wrecked during the night on Black Rock just off the Casquets (though the wreck was eventually located in 2009 some 60 miles away from the location), with all hands l...