COLLINS, Capt. Greenvile, The Menai Straits, sea chart of the channel between Anglesey and the mainland, with an inset close up of the treachorous northern end, soundings, reefs and rhumb lines, north to bottom of map, decorated dedicatory cartouche at top centre, hand coloured copper plate engraved sea chart, 45.5 x 58cm.; 18 x 23in. * Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became 'Hydrographer to the King' before the Coasting Pilot was published. The Coasting Pilot was the result of the first systematic survey of British coastal waters. It took eight years to complete. The charts are notable for both their accuracy and their charm.