CAPTION PRINTED BELOW PICTURE: 'A New Chart of the British Channel extending from North Foreland to Scilly Isles &c on the English Shore and from Dunkirk to Ushent on the French. Collected from Accurate Surveys. Where unto are added the Flowing of the Tydes & Setting of the Currents as they were observed by Capt. Edmd. Halley'
Antique folio sea chart of the English Channel from Kent and Dunkirk to the isles of Scilly and Ushant. There are several coast profiles along the top, and a decorative title cartouche top left which notes that the tides and the currents have been marked according to the observations of Edmund Halley. Best known for calculating the orbit of the eponymous Halley's Comet, he made also important and original contributions to cartography, including the first map to show the direction (indicated by arrows) and timing of the tides (indicated by Roman numerals) on a map of the English Channel, making it one of the first thematic maps.
DATE PRINTED: 1758
IMAGE SIZE: Approx 46.5 x 90.0cm, 18.25 x 35.5 inches (Large); Please note that this is a folding map.

TYPE: Antique 18th century copperplate sea chart
CONDITION: Good; suitable for framing. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not obtrusive unless otherwise stated. We offer a no questions asked return policy.
AUTHENTICITY: This is an authentic historic print, published at the date stated above. It is not a modern copy.
VERSO: There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain
FOLDING: This is a folding print.
ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: William & John Mount, and Thomas Page
PROVENANCE: "The English Pilot - Part I, describing the sea-coasts, capes, headlands, bays, roads, harbours, rivers and ports. Together with the soundings, sands, rocks and dangers in the Southern Navigation upon the coasts of England, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Flanders, Spain, Portugal, to the Streights-Mouth; with the Coasts of Barbary, and off to the Canary, Madera, Cape de Verde and Western Islands shewing the courses and distances, from one place to another. The setting of the tides and currents. The ebbing and flowing of the sea &c.", London, printed for W. and J. Mount and T. Page, at the Postern on Tower-Hill, MDCCXLIX

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