
The Coast of Egypt by W. Heather; The Passage of Dardanells by W. Heather
An unusual map showing 2 portions of coastline in the eastern Mediterranean. The top map shows the Egypt coastline between Lake Menzaleh (near Damietta) towards just beyond Alexandria. The bottom map shows the Passage of Dardanells (Dardanelles) and Straits of Galipoli between the Aegean Sea towards the Sea of Marmara. Date is unkown and cannot find any references online. Following from: antique-maps-online.co.uk under william-heather subject. William Heather William Heather (1764-1812) was and engraver and chart publisher in London. After working at first for the teacher in navigation and publisher John Hamilton Moore Heather set up in business on his own in 1793. He first specialized in publishing charts of British waters. Produced nautical charts until his death in 1812, left his successful business to John William Norie. In his will Heather mentions his family, three friends, including Norie, , 'John Stephenson of Islington, engraver' and his shopman. Stephenson clearly owes Heathe