Collins’ Map of the East Coast of Scotland

The East Coast of Scotland with the Isles of Orkney and Shetland

This sea chart is from ‘Great Britain’s Coasting Pilot’, the first English Sea Atlas based upon a systematic personal survey.

The charts were first published in atlas form in 1693 and issued for a full century afterwards with some additions and corrections. This example is probably from an edition printed by Mount & Page.

Condition & Materials

Copper engraving, 44.5 x 57 cm, recent hand-colour, single wormhole at centrefold, blank verso.