Commodore Carpenter (2 results)

No Binding. Condition: Good. Beautifully drawn b/w chart, printed on heavy paper 86x68cm. Good or better, folded with some ms pencil route annotation and dusting. First published on 31 March 1873, the latest edition stated is 24 April 1922 with small corrections dated 1923. This covers the African side from Abu Dara to the Delta of the Baraka River including the important trade and Hajj ports of Suakin and Port Sudan, and the Arabian side from Mersa Dheneb to Ras Abu Kalb including Jidda (Jeddah), Lith, and Kunfida. In addition to numerous settlements and geographical features along the coasts, there are 3 insets for Arabian ports including Lith, Jelajil, and Kunfida (surveyed by Commodore JD Nares and the Officers of HM Surveying Ship Enterprise 1918), and 3 African including Khor Delwen, Khor Shinab (Sketch Survey by Lt CH Cochran, HMS Grappler 1885). There are also 4 attractively drawn coastal views.

No Binding. Condition: Good. Beautifully drawn b/w chart with some hand colouring, printed on heavy paper 85x70cm. Good or better, folded with some ms pencil annotation and dusting. First published on 31 March 1873, the latest edition stated is 24 April 1922 with small corrections dated in the same year. This covers the African side from the Arab Encampment north of Jebel Kuweh to Abu Dara including Koseir (Qoseir), and the Arabian side from Ras Morabit to Merea Dheneb including Wej (Wejh) and Yenbo ("Port of Medina / Cattle and water cheap & good"). In addition to numerous settlements and geographical features along the coasts, there are 7 inset maps and plans for Foul Bay Scout Anchorage (credited to Lt. E.H. Dobbin, HMS Scout, 1902), The Brothers Islands, Koseir Anchorage (credited to Captain G.S. Nares RN, 1872), Sherm Wej, Sherm Hassey, Daedelus Reef (credited to Commodore A. Carpenter, HMS Myrmidon, 1884), and Yenbo. The plan of Wej, 1/7270, shows the detailed layout of the town with its street pattern, including the gateway, fort (ruined), minarets, tombs, towers, old boiler, boulders, ruins, and pier under construction. The plan of Yenbo, 1/29,740, dated from latest information to 1916 around the time of the Arab Revolt, shows the town demarcated by its wall with bastions, minarets, high house, old battery, and its environs including a conspicuous tomb, and a caution dated 1921 that the beacons are not to be relied upon. The main map also features 2 attractively drawn coastal views (one of which is almost the full length of the left hand border), and 2 inset drawings of the lighthouses at The Brothers and Daedelus Reef. The pencil annotations are of courses drawn from these two locations.