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English: Depths shown by soundings in selected areas. Statement of dedication: To the Right Honorable Horatio Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk, Rear Admiral of the Blue, and Knight of the Military Order of the Garter, this chart is most repectfully dedicated by his grateful much obliged humble servant, William Heather. "Published as the Act directs, July 12th 1797, by W. Heather & Co. at the Navigation Warehouse, No. 157 Leadenhall Street, London." Originally printed on 3 sheets (later conjoined, still later quartered and mounted on cloth backing to enable folding). Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes notes, 7 landscape panoramas, and 11 compass stars. Inset charts: The Gulf of Marseilles / by Henry Michelott -- The port of Genoa / by Captain Dupré -- The harbor of Leghorn / by William Heather -- The Gulf of Smyrna / by Henry Michod.
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A new chart of the Mediterranean Sea
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G5672.M4P5 1797 .H4
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Source https://www.loc.gov/item/2012593220/
Author Heather, William; Stephenson, John; Norie, J. W. (John William); Michelot, Henri; W. Heather & Co.
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Turkey · Italy · Izmir, Gulf Of. · Livorno Region · France · Mediterranean Sea · Marseille Region · Genoa · Gulf Of Izmir
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American Memory · General Maps · Catalog · Geography And Map Division
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Turkey · Izmir, Gulf Of · Italy · Maps · Marseille Region (France) · Livorno Region · Nautical Charts · France · Early Maps · Mediterranean Sea · Early Works To 1800 · Izmir, Gulf Of (Turkey) · Livorno Region (Italy) · Marseille Region · Genoa · Harbors

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