Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Phillips, Thomas, -1693
Title:
Nautical chart of the east coast of Guernsey.
Published / Created:
ca. 1680.
Physical Description:
1 map : pen and ink ; sheet 102 x 72 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:19,000. -- (W 2°32'30"--W 2°24'00"/N 49°30'30"--N 49°25'00")
Notes:
Provenance: From the collection of George Legge, first Baron Dartmouth, 1648-1691 (see Sotheby's sale, March 8-10, 1948). Baron Dartmouth was Master-General of the Ordnance to Charles II and James II. His collection of maps was partly abstracted from Royal map collections, an arrangement described by Pepys in Bodleian Library MS Rawl. A. 171, 17r-20v. See also Skelton and Wallis. The chart is numbered "25" in black ink, "vi.25" in graphite.
Subject Terms:
Nautical charts -- Channel Islands. | Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1603–1714. | Great Britain -- Defenses. | Guernsey -- Maps.
Form/Genre:
Maps -- Guernsey. | Nautical charts. | Ink drawings.
Contributors:
Dartmouth, George Legge, Baron, 1648–1691, former owner.