BRISTOL CHANNEL. Collins. 1693.
The Severn or Channell of Bristoll. Inset lower right: [Ships at anchor near King Road]. Dedication at right: To the Right Honourable Sr. Rob’t Southwell Kt.... 17”h x 21 ½”w. Color.

Map by Captain Greenville Collins. First published 1693 in his Great Britain’s Coasting Pilot.... containing 48 charts. It was re-issued in at least 14 editions up to 1792. A letter dated 1955 indicates this specific map was removed from the 1693 edition.

Bristol is at the right. The Severn River rises in Wales and flows north then makes a large curve to the right into England and south to Bristol Channel on the west coast of England.

DARBY SHIRE. Morden. 1722.
Darby Shire by Rob't Morden. Lower left under title cartouche: Sold by Abel Swale, Awnsham & Iohn Churchill. 14"h x 16"w. Light offset. Short printer’s crease. Library stamp verso. Map by Robert Morden.

Published in Edmund Gibson's translation of William Camden, Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland ... 2nd ed., (London: Awnsham Churchill, 1722). The Britannia was first published by historian William Camden (1551-1623) in 1586, updated in a new edition by Gibson in 1695, and subsequently reissued in 1722, 1753 and 1772.

Derbyshire is located just west of Nottinghamshire near the middle of England. The map scale is approximately 3 miles per inch. Mountains are shown in profile and shading. Longitude, based on a prime meridian through London, is shown in minutes at the top and degrees at the bottom. The district names bear little resemblance to today’s names.

SHETLAND ISLANDS - SEA CHART. Collins. 1753.
Part of the Main Island of Shetland. Dedication: To the Rt. Honorable Daniel Earle ... by Capt. Greenvile Collins ... Plate number upper left: T. Lower left: H. Moll Sculp. 17"h x 22"w. Two 1-inch cuts in cartouche with archival repairs. Two small archival paper repairs to centerfold. Stains upper margin would be concealed by matting.

A sea chart from Great-Britain’s Coasting Pilot by Captain Greenvile Collins. Published by W. and J. Mount and T. Page, London, 1753.

North is to the right. Across the top is “Part of the Maine Island of Shetland”. Brassey (now Bressay) and Noss Islands are at the left.