Plans of harbours, bars, bays and roads in St. George's Channel by Lewis Morris 1748

Introductory text

Plates (from Lewis Morris original or from later William Morris reprint):

These are each quite large files: about 1 Mbyte

• Note that plates were printed in black only and any colouring is done by hand.
• Depths are in fathoms (1 fathom=6 ft) except where shown (by f or feet).
• Orientation is NOT north-up - see compass rose giving magnetic north in 1748.
• Inverted anchor marks anchorage.
• Time of highwater is given for full (and new) moon in roman numeral hours (plus fraction) - as local sun time.
• Spring tidal range is given.

• 1. Frontispiece text.
• 2. A plan of the bay and harbour of Conway.
• 3. The entrance of Beaumaris River and Cross road.
• 4. Traeth Coch or Red Wharf, bay and harbour.
• 5. A plan of Dulas bay and harbour.
• 6. Kemlyn bay and harbour.
• 7. Holy Head bay and harbour.
• 8. A plan of Malldraeth and Aberffraw creeks and Llanddwyn road.
• 9. Caernarvon bar and harbour.
• 10. Porthdinlleyn and Nevyn.
• 11. The north entrance of Bardsey sound and roads.
• 12. Aberdaron road. The south east side of Bardsey sound.
• 13. St. Tudwals road and Keiriad road.
• 14. Pwllheli bay and harbour.
• 15. Barmouth bay and bars.
• 16. Aberdovey, in Welch Aber Dyfi.
• 17. Aberystwyth bay, bar and harbour.
• 18. Cardigan bay, bar and harbour.
• 19. Newport bay and harbour.
• 20. Fiscard bay and harbour.
• 21. The roads in Ramsey sound on St. David's Head.
• 22. Solvach bay and harbour.
• 23. Goldtop road in Brides bay near Milford Haven.
• 24. A plan of Milford Haven.
• 25. Tenby harbour and road and Caldey roads.
• 26. Explanation for the use of Landmen.

Published separately: Chart of the coast of Wales in St. George's Channel. This chart was the first to describe the causeways in Cardigan Bay (Sarn Badrig, etc) unlike previous charts.

Text of Cartouche of this large chart here

For some biographical information about Lewis Morris see Welsh National Library ; Antique map dealer information and article by A.H.W. Robinson (Lewis Morris an Early Welsh Hydrographer. Journal of Navigation, 11, pp 344-355 (1958))

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In 1800 William Morris (son of Lewis) republished the above (largely unchanged but with some soundings and leading lines modified) plus some additional charts [see also here]:

1. Plan of the bays, bar and harbours of Liverpool and Chester.
2. Amlwch port in the north of Anglesey.
3. Bardsey Isle in Welsh Ynys Enllif.
4. Aberaeron and New Key bar and harbours.
5. Carmarthen, Lougharn and Cydwely bay, bar and harbours.
6. Burry bay, bar and harbour.
7. Swansea, Neath, Aberavon and the Mumble Flats bay, bar and harbours.
8. Plan of the bay and harbour of Dublin

Also the overall chart "now extended by an actual survey"

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