[The English Channel] To the Right Honorable the Master, Wardens and Elder Bretheren of the Trinity House, This Chart of the English Channel, is by Permission Most Respectfully Dedicated by their Obliged and Grateful Servant, JW Norie, Hydrographer.

1842 Norie Blueback Nautical Map / Chart of the English Channel

Date d'édition : 1842

A propos de cet article

Good. Professional restoration including some areas of infill - note in the insets in the lower right, lower left corner, upper margin. Size 41.75 x 76 Inches. A stunning, enormous, and rare 1842 nautical map of the English Channel by John William Norie. A Closer Look Centered on the English Channel, the map covers from western Ireland to the French coastline and from the Irish Sea to Brest. The body of southern England is enriched with profile sketches of important ports and dangerous passages. In addition, the visibility range for most important lighthouses and lightships is indicated. Smaller inset maps detail important harbors, including Ushant, Havre de Grace, Cherbourg, Falmouth, Downs and Margate, Plymouth, Cork, and the Silly Islands. The chart exhibits copious pencil annotations throughout, illustrating that this was a working sea chart used shipboard. The present chart exhibits the classic, embellished styling that makes early blueback charts highly desirable. Blueback Charts Blueback nautical charts began appearing in London in the late 18th century. Bluebacks, as they came to be called, were privately published large-format nautical charts known for their distinctive blue paper backing. The backing, a commonly available blue manila paper traditionally used by publishers to warp unbound pamphlets, was adopted as a practical way to reinforce the low-quality paper used by private chart publishers in an effort to cut costs. The earliest known blueback charts include a 1760 chart issued by Mount and Page and a 1787 chart issued by Robert Sayer. The tradition took off in the early 19th century, when British publishers like John Hamilton Moore, Robert Blachford, James Imray, William Heather, John William Norie, Charles Wilson, David Steel, R. H. Laurie, and John Hobbs, among others, rose to dominate the chart trade. Bluebacks became so popular that the convention was embraced by chartmakers outside of England, including Americans Edmund March Blunt and George Eldridge, as well as Scandinavian, French, German, Russian, and Spanish chartmakers. Blueback charts remained popular until the late 19th century when government-subsidized organizations like the British Admiralty Hydrographic Office and the United States Coast Survey began issuing their own superior charts on high-quality paper that did not require reinforcement. Publication History and Census This map was first issued in 1835, with updates published in 1841, 1842 (this edition), and 1843. The OCLC lists another chart of the same name dated 1827, but this may be a different chart, as we have not been able to acquire an image. Verified examples of this chart are located at only the Library of Congress and the University of California Berkeley. References: OCLC 227458355.

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• Titre: [The English Channel] To the Right Honorable the Master, Wardens and Elder Bretheren of the Trinity House, This Chart of the English Channel, is by Permission Most Respectfully Dedicated by their Obliged and Grateful Servant, JW Norie, Hydrographer.
• Date de parution: 1842
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • ENGLAND-SCOTLAND-IRELAND