Extensive 18th Century map of India, Bengal, Bahar etc

An Actual Survey of the Provinces Bengal, Behat, etc. by Major James Rennell F.R.S. Engineer Surveyor General to the Honourable the East India Company . . . 1794
An extensive antique map of North East India featuring the bay of Bengal by James Rennell, very scarce.
520 x 1400mm, original hand colouring.
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Major James Rennell FRS (3 December 1742 – 29 March 1830)
A geographer, historian and a pioneer of oceanography. The greatest of the early cartographers of India, he joined the Navy , but was lent to the East India Company and appointed Surveyor-General of Bengal in 1764 at the age of 21, retiring in 1777 after 13 years surveying.

The Bengal Atlas was published in 1779 and contained 21 maps and palns. His second great work was the construction of the first 'correct' map of the whole of India, first issued in 1782.
Publications:
Map of Hindostan, 2 sheets, 1782 re-issued by Laurie and Whittle 1794.
Map of Bengal, Behar, Oude, Allahabad and part of Agra and Dehli, Dury 1776, re-issued Faden 1786, Laurie and Whittle 1796, Wyld 1824.
An Actual Survey of the Provinces Bengal, Behat, etc, Dury 1779, Laurie and Whittle 1794.
Map of the Provinces of Dehli, Agrah, Oude and Allahabad, Laurie and Whittle 1794.

Antique Sea Chart of The River Thames and the Coast of Kent, Suffolk and Norfolk by Capt. Greenville Collins

An 17th century Chart of The River Thames and the Coast from Kent to The Wash in Norfolk, published in The British Coasting Pilot by Captain Greenville Collins c. 1693. Featuring highly decorative cartouches and a Detailed insert of the Thames and London. Twice the size of most other charts in this atlas.

This hand coloured nautical chart of the Thames and London can be viewed here

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Antique Map of the County of Surrey - Robert Morden c.1722

Hand coloured 18th century map of the County of Somerset by Robert Morden c.1722

£195.00 Now Free UK Delivery

View here:  http://www.antique-maps-online.co.uk/somerset-morden-2753.html

17th Century Map of London

Londinum London was published in Britannia Magna  by Rutger Hemannides in 1661 and is a an important record of old London preceeding the Great Fire in 1666. http://www.antique-maps-online.co.uk/london-rutger-2992.html

This map measures 130 x 263mm anis hand coloured.
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Early 19th Century Street Map of London

London by J. Robins circa 1816

Extensive early nineteenth century map of London with a large index of buildings and street names.
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Scarce 18th Century Map of Bristol

The City of Bristol in 1786.

This facsinating 18th century map of Bristol by Benjamin Donn shows an index of all churches and important buldings and was unusual for including an alphabetical grid system, probably one of the original A to Z maps!

Original 'Price 1 Shilling & 6 Pence. Col'd 3s'.  Depicts Bristol as a county and shows bridges and ferry crossing.
310 x 430mm.
£345.00 unframed, FREE UK delivery.

Ilfracombe Harbour Antique Sea Chart

Ilfracombe Harbour antique sea chart, Lieu. H. M. Denham R. N., Admiralty Charts Dec 28th 1833. Sheet No. 36. Attractive chart of Ilfracombe with a vignettes of the of the the harbour, inverted!. Hydrographical Office. Price One shilling. Engraved by John and Charles Walker.
London Published according to Act of Parliament at the Hydrographical Office of the Admiralty Feb 6th 1839.
Sold by R. B. Bate Agent for the Admiralty Charts, 21 Poultry.

Condition: Good, trimmed close to right margin, laid on paper, later hand colouring, bold imprint. Scarce. 
250 x 230mm, 12 x 10 " approx.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lieutenant Henry Mangles M. Denham R.N. (28 August 1800 – 3 July 1887)

Vice Admiral Sir Henry Mangles Denham, CMG was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station.
December 1827 - 'Lieu. H. Denham is appointed to command the Linnet, surveying vessel, at Plymouth, to be employed in surveying the coast of France, near to Guernsey and Jersey.'
Surveyed Liverpool Docks in 1835 .
In 1826, he married Isabella (died 1865), daughter of Rev. Joseph Cole, of Carmarthen.
Denham entered the Navy at the age of 12 and specialised in hydrographic work. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1822. From October 1827, he was Lieutenant commander in HMS Linnet, surveying the coast of France. From September 1828 to March 1835, he surveyed the Bristol Channel, and the ports of Liverpool and Milford. On 28 February 1839 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. From 15 January 1842 he was Commander (second in charge) in HMS Lucifer, commanded by Frederick William Beechey, surveying the coast of Ireland. On 30 July 1845, he was made Commander of HMS Avon, surveying the west coast of Africa.
On 18 February 1852 Denham was made Captain of HMS Herald. As captain of HMS Herald, he carried out major survey work around Australia, New Caledonia and other parts of the Southwest Pacific in the period 1852 to 1861. The voyage of HMS Herald earned him a lasting place in the history of maritime surveying. For a decade, the Herald surveyed and charted known land masses and suspected hazards in the south-west Pacific and substantial parts of the Australian coast, thereby establishing safe routes for shipping. Some of the Herald's charts are still in use. At the time of Denham's voyages, the south-west Pacific was a mission field, a site of commercial activity, and a colonial outpost. The natural history specimens gathered by naturalists William Grant Milne and John MacGillivray on the expedition resulted in significant additions to botanical and ornithological collections. The voyage began in England on 21 February 1852, arriving in Australia on 18 February 1853. The ship then began its survey by visiting Lord Howe Island, the Isle of Pines (New Caledonia) and Aneityum (Vanuatu) (19 February 1853 to 1 January 1854); New Zealand and Raoul Island, (2 January 1854 to 2 September 1854); Fiji, (3 September 1854 to 24 November 1854); and Norfolk Island (June 1855). After a second visit to Fiji, (25 June 1855 to 3 February 1856), the Herald was involved with the resettlement of the Pitcairn Islanders to Norfolk Island, (4 February 1856 to 26 June 1856). A third visit was then undertaken to Fiji, (27 June 1856 to 26 February 1857), followed by the survey of Port Jackson, New South Wales, (27 February 1857 to 20 December 1857); Bass Strait, King George Sound and Shark Bay (21 December 1857 to 29 June 1858). After three visits to the Coral Sea, (30 June 1858 to 23 May 1860), the Herald began the first leg of its homeward voyage, Sydney to Surabaya, (24 May 1860 to 20 November 1860), departing Surabaya on 21 November 1860 and arriving at Chatham on 1 June 1861.
From 10 May 1864 to 21 November 1866, Denham served as Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station. In 1866, he was knighted for his hydrographical services and was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. He retired with the rank of Vice Admiral in 1871. The town of Denham, Western Australia named is after him, as is the New Caledonian endemic tree Meryta denhamii. Denham island, British Columbia was named after him by a fellow Royal Navy surveyor.