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Source Description
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and isolines.
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Document identity
localId
7940bf68b
label
Coast of North America from Point Judith to St. Antonio, (island of Cuba) including the Bahama Banks
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
7940bf68b
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Coast of North America from Point Judith to St. Antonio, (island of Cuba) including the Bahama Banks
description
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and isolines.
date
["1852","(c) 1846"]
year
1846
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_017055A
creators
Copley, Charles
E. & G.W. Blunt (Firm)
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Maritime Charts and Atlases
subjects
Atlantic Coast (U.S.)--Maps
Cuba--Maps
Nautical charts--Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Nautical charts--Cuba
subjectsGeographic
Cuba
North and Central America
genreBasic
Maps
genreSpecific
Nautical charts
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Cuba
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
New York
publisher
E. & G.W. Blunt
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
21.5
schema:longitude
-80
extent
1 map on 7 sheets, assembled into 2 sheets, sectioned and mounted on cloth : hand colored ; 73 x 335 cm, on sheets 75 x 147 and 75 x 194 cm
notes
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and isolines.
Oriented with north to the upper right.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year, 1846, by E. & G.W. Blunt, in the Clerks office, of the District Court, of the Southern District of New York."
"Every authentic survey, American, English, & Spanish, has been used in the construction of this chart."
"Note: We are indebted to Prof. A.D. Bache Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey for the improvements between Cape Henlopen (including the Delaware Bay) and Montauk Point, and the offshore Soundings, which were furnished by permission of the Sec. of the Treasury. March 1847."
Includes notes and 9 insets.
Insets: New York Harbour and entrance / drawn & engraved by Charles Copley -- Absecum Shoals and the adjacent coast from the records of the U.S. Coast Survey ... 1846 -- [Cape Fear] -- [Cape Lookout] -- Hatteras Shoals, from U.S. Coast Survey, 1850 -- A plan of the entrance into Winyaw Bay, George Town, S.C. 1818 -- [Bald Head] -- Chart of Lewiston Bay exhibiting the breakwater &c. -- Plan of Havana, from the Spanish surveys.
On sheet 6: Southern coast, U. States, sheet VI, E. & G.W. Blunt, New York, 1844.
On sheet 7: Southern coast, U. States, sheet VII.
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no
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7940bf68b
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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