Title
THE SIGNALS for his Majesties Navy from Maker Church at Plymouth.
Creator
Overton, Henry, active 1751-1764, publisher.
Publication details
[London] : Printed for and Sold by Henry Overton Map and Printseller at the White Horse without Newgate, London, and by the booksellers of Plymouth and Exeter., [before 1764]
Physical details
1 print : etching with hand-colouring ; sheet 48.1 x 31.9 cm sheet
Description
Twelve views of Maker Church depicting the different signals from the tower used by the British Navy.
Place
Cornwall (England : County)
Additional information
This print shows a pre-Napoleonic signalling system used by the British Navy in the middle of the eighteenth century. It predates, and is significantly cruder than, semaphore and could only be used for short-distance signalling.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.11.123.