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C1894
Plan of the Port of Newcastle reduced from recent Surveys by Officers of the Harbours & Rivers Department.
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Rare large scale map of Newcastle from the surveys by Captain F.W. Sidney, R.N updated to 1893 and published in 1894. All issues of this map are very rare as they would have been discarded as updated ones became available. … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Plan of the Port of Newcastle reduced from recent Surveys by Officers of the Harbours & Rivers Department.
Date:
C1894
Mapmaker:
Condition:
Repaired tear at right hand side extending into image, some wear at folds, otherwise in good condition. Laid onto archival linen.
Technique:
Hand coloured lithograph.
Image Size:
750mm
x 815mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1894
Description:
Rare large scale map of Newcastle from the surveys by Captain F.W. Sidney, R.N updated to 1893 and published in 1894. All issues of this map are very rare as they would have been discarded as updated ones became available.
Published by R.C.Knaggs & Co. Nautical Stationers& Chartsellers, Newcastle dated 1882. Map extends from Port Waratah to the town and includes an inset Plan of the streets of Newcastle. Extensive soundings and channels within the harbour are noted
Frederick William Sidney ( - )
He entered the Navy 17 April, 1833, passed his examination 17 April, 1839 and from 1840 until the summer of 1842 was employed on the Niger expedition in the Soudan and Wilberforce steamers. He was made Lieutenant in 1842. His next appointments were – 20 Dec. 1842, to the Styx steam surveying-sloop, Capt. Alex. Thos. Emeric Vidal, stationed among the Azores – 14 April, 1845, as Additional, after a few months of half-pay, to the Cyclops steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Fred. Lapidge, on the south-east coast of America – and, 1 Dec. following, in a similar capacity, to the Crocodile 8, Capt. Geo. Lowe, engaged on particular service. He married, in 1842, Miss Sydney, of Newport.
