Grand and Lesser Caymans

First detailed marine survey of the Cayman Islands. Three maps on one sheet detail Little Cayman, Cayman Brac and Grand Cayman. A third inset focuses on the harbour of Georgetown.


The survey was performed by H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, a specialist survey schooner initially named Falcon. The survey is mainly credited to Lieuts. A. Carpenter and W.S. White. Their survey of 1880-1 became the foundational survey for the islands with several revisions and corrections. As traced from the lower left corner, this edition bears small corrections to 1950.


A stamp on the lower right margin denotes this chart as previously being part of the archive of Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners, a firm of civil engineers. Gibb was a former Civil Engineer in Chief to the Admiralty during the Great War. A manuscript "W2", again on the lower right margin, is most likely an internal location reference. SL [WIND4200]