Artist / Author / Cartographer:
Somerville, Commander B.T. R.N.
Title:
Approaches to Galle Harbour; Galle Harbour
Date:
1908
Medium:
copper engraving
Size:
97.5 x 64 cm
Description:
Two Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty charts on one page depicting Approaches to Galle Harbour and Galle Harbour. Engraved by Weller & Addison. Chart No. 819. Ceylon - S.W. Coast - Approaches to Galle Harbour Surveyed by Commander B.T. Somerville, R.N., assisted by Lieutenants R.L. Hancock, P.R. Stevens, H.E.H. Spencer-Cooper and R. Viney R.N., H.M. Surveying Ship "Sealark" 1907. Galle Harbour Surveyed by Commander B.T. Somerville, R.N., assisted by Lieutenants R.L. Hancock, P.R. Stevens, H.E.H. Spencer-Cooper and R. Viney R.N., H.M. Surveying Ship "Sealark" 1907.
Galle was the staging port until Colombo was upgraded in the earliest twentieth century. The harbour had an awkward entrance littered with rocks and was extremely hazardous.
References:
Item Code:
MA 7166
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