XJF444362 Howland Great Dock, near Deptford, c.1715-20 (engraving) by Badslade, J. (fl.1720-30) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bird\'s eye view of Howland Great Dock, Deptford, Rotherhithe and Bermondsey; The dock was opened in 1700 as a facility for merchant ships, it was the first wet dock on the south side of the Thames and only the second in London; It was renamed Greenland Dock when it was sold in 1763 to the South Sea Company for lease to whaling ships until 1809; The city of London is visible in the distance;); English, out of copyright.