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Colombo Harbour approaches Ceylon Sri Lanka. ADMIRALTY sea chart 1908 (1956) map
Ceylon - West Coast - Approaches to Colombo Harbour. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Surveyed by Commander Somerville, , assisted by Lieutenants Lay, Hancock, Harvey, , and Mt. Alexander, Boatswain, Surveying Ship Sealark, 1906. The topography and details of the town of Colombo from the Ceylon Government survey to 1919. Colombo Harbour corrected from Harbour Engineer's Plan to 1953. Provenance: London. Published at the Admiralty under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral A. Mostyn Field, , Hydrographer. Crown Copyright reserved. Type: Large British nautical sea chart. Sea charts such as this were working navigational aids which were commonly updated and corrected during their working lives by hand annotation and/or printed overlays. They may also feature manuscript navigational notes, comments or other markings.
Size: 8182px × 12088px
Location: Sri Lanka
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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