[/caption]An eighteenth century Chart of Falmouth from The British Coasting Pilot by Captain Greenville Collins circa 1756. Featuring a highly decorative title cartouche and a detail of the Helford River.
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Captain Greenville Collins
Commissioned by Charles II in 1676, Captain Greenville Collins was appointed by Samuel Pepys ( Secretary to the Admiralty), to chart the coasts of British Isles and in 1693 he completed the magnificent Great Britain's Coasting Pilot. This was the first original sea atlas to be produced by an Englishman, the British Navy up to this point was largely relying on Dutch charts.
Several engravers were engaged by Collins to cut the plates for these wonderfully decorative charts, including Herman Moll, Harris, Moxon and Lamb, final publication was twelve years after the initial commission including the seven year nautical survey.
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