Dalrymple, Alexander
1890

Plan of the Harbor of Nangasaky ( Nagasaki )

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PLAN of the HARBOUR of NANGASAKY in JAPAN From an Antient MS. communicated In 1762. by Capt. Alexander Hume To Whom This Plate Is inscribed by His most obliged Dalrymple.

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Very early and scarce chart of the harbor of Nagasaki, Japan by British hydrographer Alexander Dalrymple. Shows a palace complex, the Cavalles, Nombo Point, and a few buildings, along with several dozen soundings. In his doctoral thesis Cook wrote of Dalrymple that he was:
"now generally regarded as the originator of official British hydrography… was cumulatively a private publisher of nautical charts and plans (from 1767), the 'examiner of ships' journals' and chart publisher for the East India Company (from 1779), and Hydrographer to the Admiralty (from 1795)".

Dalrymple attributed the chart to a manuscript by Captain Alexander Hume. That manuscript chart was likely created by Hume while leading a commercial voyage of the East India Company ship "Fox" of 499 tons from March 1761 to July 1763.

First published by Alexander Dalrymple on August 31, 1788. This plate is a re-issue from Dalrymple's original copper plate and bears the stamp of the British Hydrographic Office: late 19th century or possibly early 20th century. Production of Dalrymple's charts continued after his death in 1808. Cook lists this chronology for publication of the chart:
"[The chart was] re-issued by Hurd after 1810; included in Admiralty Chart catalogues 1825-1855, and allocated chart number 1035; withdrawn before 1857.The printing plate is preserved in the Hydrographic Office."

Reference: Cook, Andrew S., Alexander Dalrymple (1737 - 1808) Hydrographer to the East India Company and to the Admiralty; as publisher: A Catalogue of Books and Charts. Vol. 3 .Doctoral Thesis, University of St. Andrews. 1992.

CREATOR: Dalrymple, Alexander

PUBLICATION DATE: 1890

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Japan

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CONDITION: Very good  Clean and undamaged with heavy platemark on thick modern paper. Marginal smudges of printers ink.

COLORING: None

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SIZE: 12 " x 11 "

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