William Heather's Chart of the Port of Trapani is a rare miniature chart produced in London in 1802. This map illustrates many key local features: salt pans, fishing huts, the old town of Trapani, its fortifications and other details that faithfully convey the topography and harbour life of 19th-century Trapani. The result of a collaboration with John Stephenson, the chart was published in the prestigious volume “The New Mediterranean Pilot”, the first English collection devoted to the ports of the Mediterranean, known for being particularly accurate compared with earlier French and Italian versions.
Charts taken from “The New Mediterranean Pilot” are particularly rare on the antiquarian market, and this depiction of Trapani is the first ever to have been documented in circulation. Individual maps of the Sicilian city from this period are virtually impossible to find, which makes this chart a unique opportunity to enrich any collection devoted to naval history, Sicily or antique cartography.
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Print on handmade Amalfi paper Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in) With frame: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in) Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges Frame: light brown beech wood and wood pulp, handmade
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