Sri Lanka Ceylon NE coast Batticaloa Roads ADMIRALTY sea chart 1888 (1956) map
Indian Ocean - Ceylon - East Coast from 7˚20' N. to Point Pedro // Batticaloa Roads. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Point Pedro to Trincomalee Bays surveyed by the Officers of Surveying Ships, "Stork" 1937-1938, "Scarborough" 1939, and "Challenger" 1944-1945. Southward of Trincomalee Bays surveyed by the Officers of Egeria 1887. Topography from the Trigonometrical survey of Ceylon. Batticaloa Roads surveyed by Lieutenant Wyndham Richardson, ; under the direction of Captain Pelham Aldrich, Egeria, 1887. Provenance: London. Published at the Admiralty under the Superintendence of Captain Wharton. , , 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: 8232px × 12140px
Location: Sri Lanka
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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