An uncommon atlas of sea charts of the Mediterranean

An important atlas of sea charts of the Mediterranean Sea, showing the entire coast line, with harbours and coastal towns, depths and anchorages. Although it had been published nearly forty years earlier, Admiral Nelson used one on his flagship, HMS Victory, when he was commander-in-chief of the British Navy's Mediterranean fleet, until his death at Trafalgar in 1805. Plates: Premiere Feuille. From Cadiz & the Straits of Gibraltar to Oran & Cartagene. 560 x 800mm. IIe Feuille. The Balearics & Algiers. 800 x 550mm. IIIe Feuille. From Languedoc to Corsica & Elba. 560 x 820mm. IVe Feuille. The Tyrrhenian Sea. 555 x 810mm. Ve Feuille. Minorca, Sardinia & Tunisia. 560 x 820mm. VIe Feuille. Sicily, Malta & Libya. 785 x 560mm. VIIe Feuille. The Adriatic Sea. 555 x 795mm. VIIIe Feuille. Morea & Libya. 810 x 550mm. Zacharakis: 1962. IXe Feuille. Crete, Libya & Egypt. 555 x 810mm. Zacharakis: 1963. Xe Feuille. Southern Turkey, Cyprus, Palestine & Egypt. 805 x 555mm. Zacharakis: 1964. XIe Feuille. The southern Aegean & Crete. 560 x 810mm. Zacharakis: 1965, illus. XIIe Feuille. The northern Aegean & the Dardanelles. 560 x 830mm. Zacharakis: 1966, illus.