Old Shetland Islands Nautical Chart by Preston, 1794: Soundings, Lerwick, Sumburgh Head east river autrefois Royaume d'Westsex

autrefois Royaume d'Westsex

has masterfully captured the essence of these historically significant regions

including coastal marshes

Wessex (southwest England)

and yellow for German

Old Shetland Islands Nautical Chart by Preston, 1794: Soundings, Lerwick, Sumburgh Head east river autrefois Royaume d'WestsexA New Hydrographical Survey of the Islands of Shetland, issued in 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, is a masterful sea chart that distills the archipelagos perilous waters into intelligible guidance. Based on mideighteenthcentury surveys by Thomas A. Preston, it marries measured soundings, coastal outlines, and sailing directions with evocative profile views that help the mariner recognize landfalls by sight. The maps main subjects are nautical navigation,