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Preliminary chart of Muskeget Channel, Massachusetts
- Title
- Preliminary chart of Muskeget Channel, Massachusetts / from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States.
- Author
- United States Coast Survey, creator, publisher.
- Publication
- [Washington, D.C.] : [U. S. Coast Survey Office], 1854
- [New York], NY. : Ackermans Lith., 1854
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Cartographic | Supervised use | Map Div. 16-789 | Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117 |
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- Description
- 1 map; 70 x 51 cm on sheet 74 x 56 cm
- Alternative Title
- Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US093.3.07
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Nautical charts.
- Maps.
- Note
- Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
- Also cover part of Nantucket Sound.
- Text includes: sailing directions, tide table; note on soundings; list of abbreviations.
- Includes "View of Holmes' Hole Harbor and View of north entrance to Muskeget Channel" at bottom edge, and "Telescopic view of Cape Poge Lt."
- "A no. 13."
- "Triangulation by C.M. Eakin, assistant U.S.C.S.; topography by H.L. Whiting, assistant; hydrography by the parties under the command of Lieuts. G.S. Blake, C.H. Davis and C.H. McBlair, U.S. Navy assistants U.S.C.S."
- "Redd. drng. by A. Boschke and J.R.P. Mechlin" -- lower left.
- "Engd. by F. Dankworth, E. Yaeger, J.V.N. Throop & J. Young."-- lower right.
- Indexed In (note)
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
- Call Number
- Map Div. 16-789
- OCLC
- 427897246
- Author
- United States Coast Survey, creator, publisher.
- Title
- Preliminary chart of Muskeget Channel, Massachusetts / from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States.
- Publisher
- [Washington, D.C.] : [U. S. Coast Survey Office], 1854
- Manufacturer
- [New York], NY. : Ackermans Lith., 1854
- Cartographic Data
- Scale 1:60,000 (W 70°38ʹ--W 70°17ʹ/N 41°33ʹ--N 41°18ʹ).
- 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 691, column 1, no. 6
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
- United States District of Columbia Washington.
- Added Author
- Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.Whiting, H. L. (Henry Laurens)Eakin, C. M.Boschke, A., draftsman.Mechlin, J. R. P., draftsman.Dankworth, Frederick, approximately 1804- engraver.Yaeger, E., engraver.Throop, John Peter Van Ness, 1794-approximately 1861, engraver.Young, J., engraver.Ackerman's (Firm), lithographer.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 16-789