Old Shetland Islands Nautical Chart by Preston, 1794: Soundings, Lerwick, Sumburgh Head east river creating a three-dimensional feel that

creating a three-dimensional feel that enhances the viewer's experience

autrefois Royaume d'Westsex

was one of Britain’s most influential commercial artists of the 20th century

Her use of humor and caricature—hallmarks of the pictorial map movement of the 1930s—imbues the landscape with personality

Old Shetland Islands Nautical Chart by Preston, 1794: Soundings, Lerwick, Sumburgh Head east river creating a three-dimensional feel thatA New Hydrographical Survey of the Islands of Shetland, issued in 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, is a masterful sea chart that distills the archipelagos perilous waters into intelligible guidance. Based on mideighteenthcentury surveys by Thomas A. Preston, it marries measured soundings, coastal outlines, and sailing directions with evocative profile views that help the mariner recognize landfalls by sight. The maps main subjects are nautical navigation,