Fathoms Collection

Map of Lanzarote, Canary Islands, with soundings in fathoms. Date: 1835

Engraving depicting divers searching for pearls
5309078 Engraving depicting divers searching for pearls; (add.info.: Engraving depicting divers searching for pearls. The deepest a diver could venture without a suit was 12 fathoms (65.8m)

Engraving depicting pearl fishers, in British Ceylon, Sri Lanka, 19th century
5309079 Engraving depicting pearl fishers, in British Ceylon, Sri Lanka, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting pearl fishers, in British Ceylon, Sri Lanka)

A "Six Bells"Drink, a Thirsty Officers Brilliant Idea and what came of it (engraving)
1056693 A " Six Bells" Drink, a Thirsty Officers Brilliant Idea and what came of it (engraving) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

LONG WORM
A tapeworm taken from a patient in Paris by Dr Nicolas ?Antry on 9th June 1698 which measured 4 fathoms long before it broke off! Date: 1698

Map of Tenerife, Canary Islands, with soundings in fathoms. Date: 1838

Map of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, with soundings in fathoms. Date: 1835

Map of Palma, Gomera and Hierro, Canary Islands
Map of Palma, Gomera and Hierro (or Ferro), Canary Islands, with soundings in fathoms. Date: 1837

Map of Naos and Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands
Map of the ports of Naos and Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, surveyed by the Spanish Navy in 1853, with outer soundings from a survey of 1835, updated in 1880. Date: 1881

Basin of the North Atlantic Ocean, 1854 C016 / 8983
Basin of the North Atlantic Ocean. 1854 edition of the first printed bathymetric map, showing seabed depths in the North Atlantic. The original data was gathered in the 1830s

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