Chagos Islands Peros Banhos Egmont Salomon EAST INDIA CO. chart 1839 (1940) map
Indian Ocean - Principal Groups of the Chagos Archipelago // Peros Banhos // (Egmont or) Six Islands // Salomon Islands // Saloman Islands - Entrance to Lagoon. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Commander R. Moresby Indian Navy 1837. Peros Banhos by Commander R. Moresby, with corrections by Commr. Somerville, Surveying Ship 'Sealark,' 1905. (Egmont or) Six Islands by Commander R. Moresby, Salomon Islands surveyed by Commr. Somerville, assisted by Lieuts. Lay, Hancock, Craven and Mr. Alexander, Boatswain, , Surveying Ship "Sealark" 1905. Saloman Islands - Entrance to Lagoon surveyed by Commr. Somerville, , assisted by the Officers of Surveying Ship "Sealark" 1905. Provenance: Published by John Walker, Geographer to the Honble. East India Company, According to Act of Parliament. Corrections at the Admiralty . 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: 8638px × 6352px
Location: Chagos Archipelago
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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