Dear all,
Can anyone else help this BBC researcher? I can supply reproductions of 17th century charts, but ideally he wants something from the 15th/16th century. He has told me that
"A chart of the entire south coast/the channel would be excellent as it looks like we may try and get to Jersey or somewhere using one of the charts! Another essential part of the chart is that it must have Rhumb lines on it as well as I think that is the important part of the sequence".
They plan to start filming next Monday.
Since time is so tight, if anyone has a high quality scanned chart that they can offer then I'm happy to print it here at Portsmouth.
David
> >>> "Mark Edger" <[log in to unmask]> 12/01/2010 >>>
> Dear sir/madam,
>
> I am working with the BBC researching on a forthcoming documentary
> called 'Mapping the World' that is looking at the history of cartography
> over the ages. One sequence we hope to shoot is with our presenter on a
> boat just outside Portsmouth with a navigation expert. For this shot we
> are looking for some old sea charts of Portsmouth harbour and the
> surrounding seas to get a flavour of how past generations of seamen
> would have used the maps to navigate.
>
> I have written to you in the hope that you may have some holdings of old
> sea charts of the Portsmouth area, or perhaps you could point me in the
> direction of where I may be able to find them.
>
> Please by all means contact me on my below details if you have any
> further questions or indeed if you have any suggestions.
>
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