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Etat : Good. "English Channel. Brest Harbour. 'To the Lords Commissioners'. COLLINS 1693 map. Decorative antique eighteenth century copperplate nautical sea chart, printed on thick paper; Captain Greenvile (or Greenville) Collins. Collins was an officer of the Royal Navy and prominent hydrographer, who was commissioned by King Charles II in 1676 and appointed by Samuel Pepys (then Secretary to the Admiralty), to chart the coasts of Great Britain. The resulting atlas - Great Britain's Coasting Pilot - was the first original sea atlas to be produced by an Englishman. Prior to publication of these maps, nautical charts were often defective, and there was no centralised system for collecting and disseminating the better maps made by experienced seamen. In 1681, Collins gained the king's preferment to survey the country's coasts. The Admiralty supplied Collins with the 8-gun yacht HMSMerlin for the first two years and later the yacht HMSMonmouth until 1686. His work was carried out under the supervision of Trinity House, who also supported the project financially. Samuel Pepys insisted that Collins be made a younger brother of Trinity House. Collins spent seven years on the survey, the first edition of which was published in 1693, as "Great Britain's Coasting Pilot". The charts, while not completely accurate, were an enormous advance on anything before them, entitling Collins to rank as not only one of the earliest, but also among the best of English hydrographers. Twenty-one further editions were published during the eighteenth century. (1693 (First edition)). 60.0 x 138.0cm, 23.5 x 54.25 inches; this is a folding map. Condition: Good. Tight left margin. Wear/small closed tear at the junction of folds. Please contact us if you would like to arrange to view this map. There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain. This fabulous chart covers the English Channel and the north coast of Devon and Cornwall. There is a inset chart of Brest Harbour bottom left".