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Muskeget Channel, Massachusetts

Title
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], 1859

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CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 16-790Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117

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Additional Authors
  • Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
  • Whiting, H. L. (Henry Laurens)
  • Eakin, C. M.
  • Mathiot, G.
  • Boschke, A.
  • Mechlin, J. R. P.
  • Gansevoort-Lansing Collection.
Description
1 map; 69 x 51 cm, on sheet 77 x 58 cm
Alternative Title
Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US093.3.06
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Nautical charts.
  • Maps.
Note
  • Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and shading.
  • Also cover part of Nantucket Sound.
  • Includes text on sailing directions and other notes, a tide table and list of abbreviations.
  • Also includes 3 vignettes: View of Holmes' Hole Harbor -- View of north entrance to Muskeget Channel -- Telescopic view of Cape Poge Lt. S.W. 1/4 W. (compass).
  • "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. Comdeg. G.S. Blake, C.H. Davis & C.H. McBlair..., U.S. Navy assistants."
  • "Electrotype copy no. 4 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S."--Right top margin.
  • "Redd. drng. by A. Boschke & J.R.P. Mechlin" -- lower left.
Indexed In (note)
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Call Number
Map Div. 16-790
OCLC
717670407
Author
United States Coast Survey, creator, publisher.
Title
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], 1859
Cartographic Data
Scale 1:60,000 (W 70°39ʹ--W 70°15ʹ/N 41°34ʹ--N 41°16ʹ).
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. 7
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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.
Mathiot, G.
Boschke, A., draftsman.
Mechlin, J. R. P., draftsman.
Gansevoort-Lansing Collection.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 16-790
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