Research Catalog

Title

The harbor of New Bedford / founded upon a trigonometrical survey under the direction of Alexr. D. Bache, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States ; triangulation by C.M. Eakin, assistant ; topography by H.L. Whiting, assistant ; hydrography under the direction of G.S. Blake, lieut. comg., U.S. Navy. ; engraved by Sherman & Smith, New York ; drawn by H.L. Whiting, assistant.

Author

United States Coast Survey, creator, issuing body.

Publication

[Washington, D.C.] : [United States Coast Survey], 1850.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867
• Eakin, C. M. (Constant M.)
• Whiting, Henry L.
• Blake, George S. (George Smith), 1803-1871
• Mathiot, G.
• Sherman & Smith, engraver.
• Gansevoort-Lansing Collection.

Description

1 map; 43 x 34 cm, on sheet 54 x 43 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US094.2.03

Subjects

• Nautical charts
• New Bedford (Mass.) > Maps
• Harbors > Massachusetts > New Bedford > Maps
• Atlantic Coast (Mass.) > Maps
• Nautical charts > Massachusetts > New Bedford
• Maps

Genre/Form

• Maps.
• Nautical charts.

Note

• Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and shading.
• Shows bottom types, buoys, and lighthouses.
• Includes notes, tide information, lighthouses and sailing directions.
• Also includes 5 topographical views: Outward view from Butler's Flat buoy, Clark's L.H. open to westward Round Hill -- Range of Clark's Pt. L.H. and house corner -- Range of Fort Pt. and Fairhaven wharf from Butler's Flat -- Range for entering East Channel 6 1/2 f. -- View of the west entrance of New Bedford Harbor in 4 1/2 fathoms last of ebb. on a mid line between Sand Spit and Dumpling Light.
• "Published in 1846. Republished in 1850."
• "Electrotype copy no. 6 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S." -- top right margin.

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 16-5202

OCLC

958825994

Author

United States Coast Survey, creator, issuing body.

Title

The harbor of New Bedford / founded upon a trigonometrical survey under the direction of Alexr. D. Bache, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States ; triangulation by C.M. Eakin, assistant ; topography by H.L. Whiting, assistant ; hydrography under the direction of G.S. Blake, lieut. comg., U.S. Navy. ; engraved by Sherman & Smith, New York ; drawn by H.L. Whiting, assistant.

Publisher

[Washington, D.C.] : [United States Coast Survey], 1850.

Cartographic Data

Scale 1:40,000 (W 70°58ʹ--W 70°48ʹ/N 41°42ʹ--N 41°30ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 6, page 789, column 3, no. 7

Source

US094.2.03

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

United States District of Columbia Washington.

Added Author

Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867, surveyor.

Eakin, C. M. (Constant M.), surveyor.

Whiting, Henry L., draftsman.

Blake, George S. (George Smith), 1803-1871, surveyor.

Mathiot, G., electrotypist.

Sherman & Smith, engraver.

Gansevoort-Lansing Collection.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 16-5202