Chart of South America Norie & Wilson
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| Utropspris | 3 000 SEK |
SOUTH AMERICA. NORIE & WILSON (published by Charles Wilson). Chart of the West Coast of South America, from Truxillo to Panama, Including the Galapagos Islands. London, Norie & Wilson, 1893.
Engraved blue back coastal nautical chart, in 2 sheets, now joined, c. 870 x 1350 mm. With 7 inset maps, a.o. of Panama Bay, Bahia Honda, Port Payta, Gulf and River Guayaquil. Numerous coastal elevations.
Stamp Norie & Wilson dated 1893.
Rolled.
John Norie (1772-1843) was a hydrographer, chart publisher, teacher and author of navigation manuals. This preeminent cartographic firm exists today as Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson Ltd, still specializing in nautical charts.
Norie & Wilson were successors to Charles Wilson and were one of the most successful producers of blue-back sea-charts in the late 19th century, working for both the Admiralty and East India Company.
Provenance: Captain Olof Peter Reinhold Olsson (1853-1921), Råå fiskeläge.
Rolled, some folds.
