United Kingdom - U.K., Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, North Sea, English Channel, Irish Sea....; John Harris, John Senex & Henry Wilson. - A Globular Chart Shewing the errors of Plain, and the Deficiencyes of Mercators Sailing, and - 1721-1750

A Globular Chart Shewing the errors of Plain, and the Deficiencyes of Mercators Sailing, and Discovering the true Navigation according to the Globe. Invented and perdorde by John Harris, John Senex & Henry Wilson. (1728)

18th century copper engraved antique nautical chart by Senex showing the British Isles. It is the top half of a map showing Western Europe.

It shows an alternate projection of the globe as a flat map to the prevailing Mercator Projection. Includes rhumb lines and coastal details. From Atlas Maritimus, a commercial sea atlas was published as a guide to British global commerce. Good condition with some stains along lower center fold. Sir Edmond Halley (1656--1742) was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Halley's Comet. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain after John Flamsteed. John Senex (1678 to1740) was an English cartographer, engraver and explorer who worked prominently in the 18th century. He is especially known for his maps of the world, some of which have added elevations and minuscule detailed engravings. Globular Projection maps were invented by Halley, Harris and Senex.

McLaughlin, no.207; Shirley (BL Atlases) no.M.HALL-1a; Wagner, ‘Northwest’, no.532. KAP

Published in London by James Knapton, 1728.This chart was included in an important English maritime atlas of the early-eighteenth century, the Atlas Maritimus et Commercialis.

Image 51x62cm, page 54,5x64cm

Very good condition. Professional repair in the lower margin, not affecting the image.