Old Atlantic Ocean Nautical Chart by Sayer, 1775: Mercator, Gulf Stream, Triangular Trade Size:18x24in (45.5x61cm) Martini Tower

Martini Tower

Historical Significance: influential in late-19th-century American cartography

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Sioux City (1854): Named after the Sioux tribe

Old Atlantic Ocean Nautical Chart by Sayer, 1775: Mercator, Gulf Stream, Triangular Trade Size:18x24in (45.5x61cm) Martini TowerRobert Sayers A Chart of the Atlantic Ocean I. Sheet is a masterclass in late 18thcentury nautical intelligence, spanning the oceanic world from the Davis Strait to the River Plate and from the Barbary Coast to the mouths of the St. Lawrence. Drawn on Mercators projection, it unites four intertwined themes: precise navigation, imperial control, oceanic commerce, and coastal reconnaissance. Its immediate fascination lies in how it translates a vast,