1759 Bowen Essex showing Orwell Beacon

Available at high definition at BNF. This shows the Orwell Beacon at Havengore. Did this lead to the Essex Inshore route?

Some of the beacons, such as at Harwich Navy Yard, show shapes and the marshes and ‘-wicks’ along the Essex coast are worthy of note.

An Accurate Map of the County of Essex, Divided into its Hundreds : Drawn from late Surveys and Illustrated with various additional Improvements. Also Historical Extracts relating to its Trade, Manufactures, Natural History &c. not Extant in any other Map of this County / by Eman. Bowen Geog.r to His Majesty ; To the Noble and Right Honourable Benjamin Mildway Earl Fitzwalter... by Bowen, Emanuel (169.-1767). Cartographe. Dédicateur - 1750 - National Library of France, France - No Copyright - Other Known Legal Restrictions.

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