South Atlantic
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...
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...
New Caledonia
New Caledonia lies in the Coral Sea halfway between Australia and Fiji. The archipelago consists of Grand Terre, which is the main island, and smaller islands including the Loyalty Islands, the Chesterfield Islands, the Belep archipelago and the Isle of Pines. The...
Grand Bahama & Abaco, Colour
Grand Bahama is the northernmost of the islands of the Bahamas, and the closest major island to the United States, lying 90 kilometres (56 mi) off the state of Florida. Grand Bahama is the fourth largest island in the Bahamas island chain of approximately 700 islands...
Azores
The extremely remote location of the Azores, or Açores to give its Portuguese name, made this a very interesting commission. Composing of nine volcanic islands in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, this archipelago is one of the few unspoilt paradises in the...
Grand Bahama & Abaco B&W
Grand Bahama is the northernmost of the islands of the Bahamas, and the closest major island to the United States, lying 90 kilometres (56 mi) off the state of Florida. Grand Bahama is the fourth largest island in the Bahamas island chain of approximately 700 islands...