HEATHER, William [and], J[ames] W[illiam] NORIE To the Officers in the Honourable East India Company's Service This Outline Chart Intended for their Use to Prick Off a Ship's Track

Rare East India Company Chart of the World

By HEATHER, William [and], J[ames] W[illiam] NORIE , 1815

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To the Officers in the Honourable East India Company's Service This Outline Chart Intended for their Use to Prick Off a Ship's Track

Is most respectfully dedicated by their Obliged and Grateful Servant, W. Heather. A New Edition, 1820, Revised & Corrected by J.W. Norie. with Additions to 1830.

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HEATHER, William [and], J[ames] W[illiam] NORIE
London,
Published, as the Act directs, by W. Heather, at the Navigation Warehouse, No. 157, Leadenhall Street,
Sept. 12th, 1812. [but 1815].
Engraved chart, backed on linen, edged in green slik, with some loss to the Atlantic and west coast of Africa.
660 by 1200mm (26 by 47.25 inches).
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Rare chart of the world published for use aboard East India Company ships, in order to mark a ships track.

John William Norie (1772 – 1843) was a mathematician, hydrographer, chart maker and publisher of nautical books. His most famous work was the 'Epitome of Practical Navigation' (1805), which became the standard work on navigation and went through many editions. Norie began his career working with William Heather, who ran the Naval Academy and Naval Warehouse ...

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c.f. Tooley 925, for 1827 edition.

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