SINGAPORE & SINGAPORE STRAIT 1961 UK HYDROGRAPHER OFFICE WALL ANTIQUE SEA CHART

Description: Striking and highly detailed wall large-format original colored lithographic sea chart or nautical map of the western portion of the Singapore Strait, including Singapore. The chart notes cities, rivers, reliefs, bays, soundings and depths. Printed in 19,0 this sheet represents the revision of 1961,

Date: 1961 ( dated on stamp on the verso)

Dimension: Paper size approx.: cm 151,4 x 70,9

Condition: Very strong and dark impression on good paper.  Map old original colored. Wide margins. Corners partially missing. Small foxing. Map folded. Conditions are as you can see in the images. 

Mapmakers: The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is the UK's agency for providing hydrographic and marine geospatial data to mariners and maritime organisations across the world. The UKHO is a trading fund of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and is located in Taunton, Somerset, with a workforce of approximately 900 staff.
 
The UKHO is responsible for operational support to the Royal Navy and other defence customers. Supplying defence and the commercial shipping industry, they help ensure Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), protect the marine environment and support the efficiency of global trade.
 
The UKHO also produces Admiralty charts, providing SOLAS-compliant charts, publications and digital services for ships trading internationally.
 
The Admiralty's first Hydrographer was Alexander Dalrymple, appointed in 1795 on the order of King George III and the existing charts were brought together and catalogued. The first chart Dalrymple published as Hydrographer to the Admiralty (of Quiberon Bay in Brittany) did not appear until 1800. He also issued Sailing Directions and Notices to Mariners (NMs).