Depot de la Marine
1798

Antique French chart of the mouth of the Humber River in England

Cote Orientale d'Angleterre depuis Lowestoff jusques et comprises l'embouchure de l'Humber d'apres le Carte redigee par Hamilton Moore en 1789.

DESCRIPTION: Antique nautical chart includes some of the west coast of England with portions of Norfolk and Lincolnshire counties. Points charted on this old nautical artifact extend from Lowestoff in the south past Yarmouth, Lynn Regis, Wainfleet and Saltfleet; terminating in the north past Grimsby.

With the circular logo of France's Depot de la Marine with "R.F." used during the period immdiately after of the French Revolution .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: 1798

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: England

BODY OF WATER: Humber River

CONDITION: Good.

COLORING: None

ENGRAVER: Collin

SIZE: " x "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 0

PRICE: $465

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