18th Century Sea Charts by Captain Greenville Collins

Antique charts of by Greenville Collins from the British Coastin Pilot.
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Scilly Isles - The British Coasting Pilot, Greenville Collins, circa 1750, 450 x 570mm, £275.00
North Sea Chart, features The King's Channel entrance to the Thames, Capt. Greenville Collins, c. 1753, 450 x 565mm, SOLD
Plymouth - The British Coasting Pilot, Greenville Collins, circa 1756, 460 x 572mm, SOLD
Falmouth - The British Coasting Pilot, Greenville Collins, circa 1756, 460 x 572mm, SOLD
Dartmouth - The British Coasting Pilot, Greenville Collins, circa 1756, 460 x 572mm, SOLD
Scilly Isles - The British Coasting Pilot, Greenville Collins, circa 1756, 460 x 572mm, SOLD

Biography:
Capt. Greenville Collins
In 1676 Collins was commissioned by Charles II, and appointed by Samuel Pepys (who was then Secretary to the Admiralty), to chart the coasts of Great Britain and he produced his Great Britain's Coasting Pilot in 1693, this was the first original sea atlas to be produced by an Englishman.

Collins engaged the services of various engravers to cut the plates including Herman Moll, Harris, Moxon and Lamb, final publication was twelve years after the initial commission.

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