| | Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
| 338 |  | Details | Heather, William | 1798 |
| The River Thames |
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Heather, William |
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| 1798 |
| LOC:0 |
| $0.00 | Heather--William | The-River-Thames | SOLD<BR> </BR>
Large colored antique navigational chart of the entrances to the Thames River with an inset showing the continuation of the Thames River from Erith to London. On heavy, chain laid paper. Numerous soundings and depictions of the well-knows sandbanks near the Thames mouth including "Kentish Knock", "Goodwin Sands", and the "Margate Sands". The Tower of London is noted and colored in red. Colored compass rose and rhumb lines. Coverage on this antique nautical chart includes parts of Essex, Kent, and Suffolk: Harwich, Dover, Milton, Stratford, Ipswich, Colchester and the entrance to the Medway river. <BR> </BR>
Dedication reads: "To the Right Honorable the Master, Wardens, and Elder Brethren of the Trinity Houfe, this Chart of the Entrances to the River Thames is Most Respectfully Dedicated by their obliged humble servant William Heather". Scales in English and French miles and Dutch Mylen. |
| 5195 |  | Details | Heather, William | 1810 |
| Scarce Port Plan of The Harbor of St. Paul in Malta |
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Heather, William |
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| 1810 |
| LOC:77 |
| $325.00 | Heather--William | Scarce-Port-Plan-of-The-Harbor-of-St--Paul-in-Malta | Plan of the harbor of St. Paul, Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. Scarce. Published by William Heather in the New Mediterranean Pilot, 1810. Other sources attribute the port plan to Allezard or Roux but text is in English, thus not a French product; also the compass rose title cartouche is a distinctive diagnostic feature of William Heather.
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Manuscript notation in an unknown script similar to Persian.
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Heather's port plan of St. Paul shows Salt Bay, Point Chaura, Salmonetta, several watchtowers, a lighthouse, anchorages and a mosque. Below the "small harbor" a hilltop village is labeled "Redemption". |