A collection of OS maps and admiralty charts. All rolled, in...

Hammer

£45

A collection of OS maps and admiralty charts. All rolled, including; Admiralty Chart, 1930, “Chine Sea, Northern Portion–Eastern Sheet” showing Philippine Islands, addressed to B.Ong, Tehidy Hospital; OS 6’ 1977, two sheets joined together, showing boundaries of (?) something stretching between Horse Rock, Portreath and Trevellas; 1912, Geological Survey of Scotland, mineral veins and workings of Leadhills and Lanarkshire; OS 6’ 1906, Devils Bridge, Aberystwyth, Wales; OS 6’ 1906, adjoining map, Llanbadarn, Aberystwyth; OS 6’ 1977, Copy of map showing boundaries of Wheal Concord, Blackwater, Skinners Bottom, drawn & signed Hosking; Admiralty Plan, 1963, Falmouth Harbour & Truro River; Admiralty Plan, 1962, Mevagissey, Par, Charlestown and Looe Harbours; Admiralty Plan, 1931, “Plans of the North Coast of Devon and Cornwall” St Ives to Ilfracombe Harbour, incl Stevn Stones. From the estate of Ron Hooper, M.V.O., A.C.S.M., F.I.M.M. Born in St.Agnes, he graduated from Camborne School of Mines. After a short career mining in the Gold Coast of Ghana he joined the Camborne School of Mines, eventually becoming Senior Lecturer in Surveying. At the same time, he acted as an independent mining engineer and was appointed mineral agent for several Cornish estates including the Duchy of Cornwall, Tregothnan, and the Godolphin Estate (amongst others).