Seller:14jak✉️(4,253)100%,
Location:Liverpool, GB,
Ships to: WORLDWIDE,
Item:1119226288341906 COLON HARBOUR ISTHMUS OF PANAMA OLD VINTAGE ADMIRALTY CHART MAP. GENUINE VINTAGE ADMIRALTY CHART OF COLON HARBOUR 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 3111. Published London at the Admiralty 1906. Large corrections to 1926, Small corrections to 1927. Sold by J. D. Potter, Agent for the Sale of the Admiralty Charts. A large chart on heavy grade paper with centre fold, measuring overall 103cm x 70cm. Good condition - please refer to images and examine carefully.
Genuine rare (could not find another) chart with last correction (update) in 1927 - this edition (which appears to have been updated to include the Panama Canal is from the United States Government Chart of 1925) is genuinely almost 90 years old and not a recent copy or recent printing as, you will find, most charts are. As charts were updated (corrected) old versions would be discarded, and it is a wonder that these old editions have survived to this day. This is just one of an extensive collection of antique and vintage Admiralty Charts I have been offering for sale over the past few years. If you have a particular chart in mind, send me a message, I just might have that chart you are looking for.