Collins’ Map of the East Coast of Scotland Orkneys Grocers’ Hall etc

Grocers’ Hall etc

although the last action mentioned on the map was fought in eastern Belgium

by Louis Haghe after Roberts

The work of the two firms represents Dutch map-making of the highest quality at a time when the Low Countries were at the forefront of the international market

Mary-le-bone’ (1833)

Collins’ Map of the East Coast of Scotland Orkneys Grocers’ Hall etcThe East Coast of Scotland with the Isles of Orkney and Shetland This sea chart is from Great Britains Coasting Pilot, the first English Sea Atlas based upon a systematic personal survey. The charts were first published in atlas form in 1693 and issued for a full century afterwards with some additions and corrections. This example is probably from an edition printed by Mount & Page. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 44. 5 x 57 cm, recent hand