There was an expedition to map wrecks in the vicinity in 2007- Turks & Caicos: Endymion Rock - Waitt Institute
I haven't looked it up in The Shipwreck Guide to the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, but I will if you'd like.
Here's the Google Earth shot of the region. I believe it matches up pretty well.
Many thanks! I certainly appreciate your good help! The "Bahamas" came from the name of the Chart. It didn't have a date. I don't know, of course, where the cartographer got the "1702" date (if I read it correctly) and if it's a wreck (I'm assuming it is from "Lost...").
I played with the contrast and brightness on this section of the map. I don't believe that the date is 170_, I believe it is 179_. The last number is not very clear either.
It did not "save" in it's magnified condition. On my Chrome browser I can right click on the picture, then click "Open in a new tab". I then can go to that tab, hit CTRL and scroll with my mouse to zoom in. At 200% to 400% zoom the 3rd number in the date looks pretty clear.
2nd try. If nothing else, save the picture and open it in Paint or some other image editor:
My sincere thanks to you - and to ropesfish and SADS 699 who took the time to respond! I sincerely appreciate it - and I hope, in the future, to be able to repay the favor. This is the real TN!
I think you solved my confusion. This resolution is better and, indeed, the date is "1792." Looks like the cartographer ran out of room to name the wreck.
I didn't provide a link because I want to be careful about TN's rules regarding "other" sites. I'm not sure how that is defined.
Thank you for your generous offer! This was mild curiosity, nothing more. I was trying to help someone else on another project and stumbled across this.
I think the old charts provide useful information that some people could well benefit from. Look at how well Kip Wagner did!
its not HMS Endymion - although the map is typically out of proportion, given places I know well - SALT CAY, GRAND TURK, NORTH CAICOS etc I would say its one (of a few) wrecks been 'discovered" in the last few years by local teams I the area of the TCI
Kevin, our discovery from the Greenwich museum has yet to be worked on!
Do you find it odd the name of the vessel wasn't on the chart? There's room for a third line. The cartographer knew the date and I'm thinking the loss was contemporary (more or less) with the drawing of the chart.