Mauritius or Isle of France, Indian Ocean. ADMIRALTY sea chart 1879 (1955) map

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Indian Ocean - Mauritius or the Isle of France. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Surveyed by Navg. Lieut. Coghlan, , 1876-1877. Partly resurveyed by Lieut & Commr. Gedge , and the Officers of Surveying Ship Stork 1897. The topography is partly taken from the latest Colonial Government maps to 1877. Provenance: London. Published at the Admiralty under the Superintendence of Captain Evans. , , , 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.

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Size: 8166px × 12131px
Location: Mauritius
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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