Sea
Nazare, Portugal
The section of the Portuguese coastline featured in this chart between Nazare and Peniche is relatively straight. The notable exceptions are the bay of Sao Martinho do Porto and the Lagoa de Obidos. Sao Marinho do Porto has what is purported to be one of the most...
Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal’s capital and largest city, Lisbon, is the feature in this chart. The title reads “Entrance to the River Tagus with the Harbour of Lisbon, compiled from various Portuguese government surveys to 1879”. The Tagus is the logest river on the...
Sicily
The island is Sicily occupies the entirety of this chart. To the east we get a small glimpse of the Italian mainland from which it is separated by the Strait of Messina which is a distance of only 3km at its narrowest point. Sicily and its surrounding small islands...
Limassol to Larnaca Bay, Cyprus
Cyprus is the third largest of the Mediterranean islands after Sicily and Sardinia. This chart features the southern part of the island between Limassol and Larnaca. The Akrotiri Peninsula separates Akrotiri Bay and Episkopi Bay. The city of Limassol lies adjacent to...
Ajaccio Gulf, Corsica
This chart is limited to the area of the Ajaccio Gulf in western Corsica. Ajaccio is the capital city of Corsica and is the largest settlement. It encloses the entire harbour and also takes up most of the Gulf of Ajaccio, extending up the valley of the Gravona River....
Lorient, France
Lorient is a seaport town in the Morbihan area in North-Western France. It lies on the south coast of Brittany. It is a busy port town with an active commercial and fishing industry as well as yachting. Historically, shipbuilding has been important to the town which...
Deception Island
Deception Island is one of the South Shetland Island group of islands in Antartica. The island is horse-shoe in shape with Port Foster at its centre. More than half the island is covered by glaciers. This was formed by an eruption which has been flooded by the sea to...
Mustique
The West Indies is the location for this 3d chart. Mustique is a small private island and is one of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Islands in the West Indies. To the south of the island, and appearing edging off the chart, is Petit Mustique. To the north are the...