Planning The Manchester Ship Canal railway maps Kommer was deported from the

Kommer was deported from the US in 1917 and employed by the Austrian secret service as a diplomat and spy in Stockholm and then Bern (hence the inscription)

surviving Speed maps have been extracted from atlases and have descriptive text on the verso

Les Indes Orientales

This is a late state of Robert de Vaugondy’s map of southern Russia

With an introductory note by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales

Planning The Manchester Ship Canal railway maps Kommer was deported from theThis plan of the Manchester Shipping Canal was published as a supplement to The Illustrated London News, February 3rd 1883. Construction began in 1887, and the canal opened in 1894. It was an engineering marvel, the largest river navigation canal in the world, transforming Manchester from a landlocked city into a major sea port. Condition & Materials Lithographed map, image 24. 5 x 77 cm, sheet size 30. 5 x 83 cm, printed in colours, old folds, blank