Palawan Island. Philippines. China Sea. ADMIRALTY sea chart 1856 (1954) map


China Sea - Palawan Island. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Surveyed by Comr. assisted by Lieuts. C. Pasco. & C. Bullock and Mr. W. Calver Mast. 1850-1854. Balabac Strait by Staff Comr. Reed Rifleman 1868-1869. Borneo to Cagayan Sulu from Admiralty Surveys to 1912. Busuanga Calamian Is. and of Palawan from the United States Coast Survey charts to 1923 with additions and corrections to 1953. Provenance: London. Published at the Admiralty under the Superintendence of Captn. Washington. , , 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: 8279px × 12197px
Location: Philippines
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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