The Makers of the Blueback Charts

Susanna Fisher (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

176 Seiten

2001 | New edition
Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-85288-458-4 (ISBN)

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From the eighteenth century navigators relied on nautical charts produced by a handful of chart makers and instrument sellers working in the city of London. These privately produced charts, or 'bluebacks' as they were known because of the tough blue manilla paper on which they were mounted, were in circulation amongst the merchant fleets of the World until the Second World War. Susanna Fisher's meticulously researched history tells the story of the families and companies that dominated this trade from the 1750's until the present day. The makers of the blueback charts were amongst the great map publishers of their day and names like Sayer, Laurie and Findlay are well known to anyone who has an interest in old sea charts. The high and low fortunes of their businesses and the London world in which they lived and work is colourfully portrayed. The story of private chart making is also more or less the history of Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson Ltd which is the descendent of the old publishing firms and to this day flourishes as the leading private publisher of nautical charts and pilot books.
This fascinating history is well timed and its publication marks the forthcoming centenary of Imrays as well as being the definitive account of the story of private chart publication in England.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.6.2001
Reihe/Serie	Imray Pilots and Cruising Guides
Zusatzinfo	illustrations
Verlagsort	Huntingdon
Sprache	englisch
Maße	189 x 249 mm
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseführer
	Reisen ► Sport- / Aktivreisen ► Europa
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
ISBN-10	0-85288-458-3 / 0852884583
ISBN-13	978-0-85288-458-4 / 9780852884584
Zustand	Neuware