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A New Chart of the Western Coast of North America
From the Gulf of Nicoya to the Gulf of California, drwan chiefly from the late Spanish Surveys by J.W. Norie Hydrographer, Corrected to 1852.
London,
Published as the Act Directs, by J.W. Norie & Co. at the Navigation Warehouse and Naval Academy, No. 157 Leadenhall Street,
1st January, 1828. Corrected to 1852.
Engraved blue-back sea chart, inset charts of the Gulf of California, Guaymas, Mazatlan, Port San Blas, The Port of Acapulco, Palizada Road, and a plan of Realejo, numerous coastal profiles, compass roses, a few tears to left portion of chart.
700 by 1000mm (27.5 by 39.25 inches).
2548
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Detailed chart of the West coast of Central America, from the Gulf of Caiifornia to Costa Rica. The only tack marked upon the chart is that of the Spanish Corvettes 'Descubierta' and 'Atrevida'. The ships had been built for the Malaspina Expedition (1789-1794). The expedition was intended as a purely scientific endeavour, in much the same vein as the voyages of Cook, and La Perouse.
John William Norie (1772 – 1843) was a mathematician, hydrographer, chart maker a...
John William Norie (1772 – 1843) was a mathematician, hydrographer, chart maker a...
