Depot de la Marine
1878

Antique French Nautical Chart of Spain, Ireland and England

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Carte d'Atterrage des Cotes Occidentales de France comprenant les Cotes S.O. d'Angleterre et d'Irlande et les Cotes N. Et O. de Espagne Publiee par Ordre de l'Empereur. Sous le Ministre de son Excellence M, le M. de Chasseloup-Laubat…

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Antique navigation chart covering the approaches along the south and west coasts of Spain, Cornwall England and Southern Ireland. Includes the Gulf of Gascogne; the English Channel northeast to Chichester and le Harve; and the Irish Sea. This large chart is unusual in that it shows all the numerous lighthouses along those coastlines and through red overprinting shows for each light the expected range over which that light should be visible from sea. Lighthouses are shown as red dots with yellow highlights.

Inset at bottom shows five profile coastal views. Chart is the edition of 1867, first published in 1828 and 1829. This edition was updated last in 1878. Number 447. Published by France's Depot de la Marine.The Depot de la Marine was established in 1720 under the French Ministry of the Navy to collect, preserve, and publish nautical charts, sailing directions, and maritime intelligence for the French naval service. Its purpose was both archival and practical: to centralize geographic knowledge gathered from voyages, surveys, and colonial administration, and to convert that information into standardized charts for navigation. Over the eighteenth century the Depot became the principal hydrographic authority of France, issuing engraved sea charts that incorporated data from naval expeditions, colonial outposts, and scientific voyages.

Following the French Revolution, the institution was reorganized and its chart production expanded, particularly during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries as global maritime competition intensified. The Depot de la Marine supervised official surveys, revised earlier charts, and maintained copperplates for continued reissue as coastal knowledge improved. In 1886 it was formally reorganized as the Service hydrographique de la Marine, the predecessor of today’s French hydrographic office. Charts bearing the Depot imprint remain important records of French naval activity, colonial expansion, and the technical development of European hydrography.

CREATOR: Depot de la Marine

PUBLICATION DATE: 1878

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Spain

BODY OF WATER: Atlantic Ocean

CONDITION: Good. No major condition issues. Lightly age-toned uniformly. Wide margins. On heavy paper.

COLORING: Lighthouses highlighted in yellow. Red ink for lighthouse ranges.

ENGRAVER: J. Millian

SIZE: 24 " x 35 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 0

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