Planning The Manchester Ship Canal railway maps Les Indes Orientales

Les Indes Orientales

This map of Karpathos was engraved by Girolamo Porro and is set in descriptive Italian text with a woodcut headpiece and historiated initial

the best account of the continent available in English at the time

Internal dating evidence supports the idea that the environs map was published at the same time

Planning The Manchester Ship Canal railway maps Les Indes OrientalesThis plan of the Manchester Shipping Canal was published as a supplement to The Illustrated London News, February 3rd 1883. Construction began in 1887, and the canal opened in 1894. It was an engineering marvel, the largest river navigation canal in the world, transforming Manchester from a landlocked city into a major sea port. Condition & Materials Lithographed map, image 24. 5 x 77 cm, sheet size 30. 5 x 83 cm, printed in colours, old folds, blank