Research Catalog

Title

Boston Harbor, 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], 1857.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
• Boutelle, C. O. (Charles Otis)
• Gluck, J. B.
• Whiting, Henry L.
• Williams, Jno. S. (John Shoebridge), 1790-1878.
• Gilbert, S. A. (Samuel A.)
• Davis, Charles Henry, 1807-1877.
• Smith, M. L. (Martin Luther), 1819-1866.
• Mathiot, G.
• McCoy, G.
• Knight, John, approximately 1802-1872
• Rollé, A.
• Mahon, Charles
• Welch, Joseph (Cartographer)
• Robertson, J.
• Gansevoort-Lansing Collection.

Description

1 map; 72 x 90 cm, on sheet 78 x 96 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US098.2.01

Subject

• Nautical charts > Massachusetts > Boston Harbor
• Nautical charts > Massachusetts > Boston Bay
• Harbors > Massachusetts > Boston > Maps
• Boston Harbor (Mass.) > Maps
• Boston Bay (Mass.) > Maps

Genre/Form

• Nautical charts.
• Maps.

Note

• Relief shown by hachures; depths by soundings.
• Prime meridian: Massachusetts State House.
• Covers Boston Bay and adjacent water and land areas.
• Includes text, tables of sailing information, and 6 coastal views: Passing Nix's Mate -- View of Boston -- View for clearing Harding's Ledge -- Entering Nantasket Roads, Long Id. --- S. Channel, Broad Sound, Nix's Mate -- Passing George's Id.
• "Triangulation by A.D. Bache, supdt. and C.O. Boutelle, assistant; topography by J.B. Gluck, H.L. Whiting, J.S. Williams assists., & S.A. Gilbert sub-asst.; hydrography by the party under the command of C.H. Davis, lieut. U.S. Navy assistant."
• "Verified, M.L. Smith, capt. topl. engrs. asst. in charge of office."
• "Electrotype Copy No. 9 by G. Mathiot U.S.C.S."--top right margin.
• "Redd. drng. by J. Welch, J. Robertson & C. Mahon" -- lower left margin.
• "Engd. by A. Rolle, J. Knight & G. McCoy" -- lower right margin.

Indexed In (note)

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

Call Number

Map Div. 16-812

OCLC

961478378

Author

United States Coast Survey, creator, publisher.

Title

Boston Harbor, 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], 1857.

Cartographic Data

Scale 1:40,000 (W 71°08ʹ--W 70°41ʹ/N 42°27ʹ--N 42°11ʹ).

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. 2, page 21, column 3, no. 4

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. copy includes manuscript notation on verso that has bled through to map recto; and has accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 58621.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

United States District of Columbia Washington.

Added Author

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

Boutelle, C. O. (Charles Otis)

Gluck, J. B.

Whiting, Henry L.

Williams, Jno. S. (John Shoebridge), 1790-1878.

Gilbert, S. A. (Samuel A.)

Davis, Charles Henry, 1807-1877.

Smith, M. L. (Martin Luther), 1819-1866.

Mathiot, G.

McCoy, G., engraver.

Knight, John, approximately 1802-1872, engraver.

Rollé, A., engraver.

Mahon, Charles, draftsman.

Welch, Joseph (Cartographer), draftsman.

Robertson, J., draftsman.

Gansevoort-Lansing Collection.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 16-812