(3)  AN ENGLISH HANDCOLOURED COPPER-ENGRAVED SEA CHART OF BOMBAY-HARBOUR
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(3) AN ENGLISH HANDCOLOURED COPPER-ENGRAVED SEA CHART OF BOMBAY-HARBOUR

BY W. NICHOLSON, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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(3) AN ENGLISH HANDCOLOURED COPPER-ENGRAVED SEA CHART OF BOMBAY-HARBOUR
BY W. NICHOLSON, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Inscribed A PLAN OF BOMBAY-HARBOUR, ON THE COAST OF MALABAR, shewing the true situation of all the rocks, sands & shoals, with the marks to avoid them, the true setting of the tides, the times of high water with the depths at high & low water, likewise the mark's for the best anchoring grounds and all other necessary directions & ca., BY WM. NICHELSON mastr of HIS MAJESTY'S ship Elizabeth/corected by CAPT. WATSON and to the margin published 12, may 1794 by LAURIE & WHITTLE, 53, Fleet Street, London, unframed
49.5 cm. high x 81.5 cm. wide (plate)
Together with a Dutch handcoloured sea chart Nieuwe asteekening van BOMBAY en omleggende Eylanden gelegen aan de kust van DECAM op de Noorder breedte van 19 gr.O., by Ioannes van Keulen, mid 18th century, 43 cm. high x 52.5 cm. wide, unframed; and a French copper-engraving PLAN DE BOMBAY et ses Environs., 22 cm. high x 17.5 cm. wide, framed, unexamined out of frame (3)
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