John Burston

Description

A chart maker, based in Ratcliffe.

Last updated by Phil Gyford on 11 February 2008

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N Michael Robinson on Tue 19 Feb 2008, 04:27am

Per L&M Companion:-

fl. 1628-1665, Chart maker of Ratcliff; one of the Thames school. ‘The ablest man in Towne’ (Sandwich). He had been apprenticed to Nicholas Comberford., one of the leading practitioners of the day..
N Michael Robinson on Tue 19 Feb 2008, 05:23am

Charts by Burston in the National Maritime Museum (UK)

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/search/listResults.cfm?Maker=Burston%2C%20John&SortBy=maker