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The third edition of the Coast Survey's Boston Harbor chart was published in 1878. In general appearance, it resembled the first two editions. However, the number of landscape views in the third edition,has been reduced to three. Although the navigation aids were updated, the topographical information was not. For example, the filling of Back Bay, which would have been almost completed by this time, has not progressed any further than depicted on earlier editions. This copy of the chart was hand colored and bears several additional navigational notations, apparently made in 1895 by a pilot and previous owner, William S. Brown.
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3f463441t
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Boston Harbor, Massachusetts
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obj
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map
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1
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3f463441t
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map
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normalized
title
Boston Harbor, Massachusetts
description
The third edition of the Coast Survey's Boston Harbor chart was published in 1878. In general appearance, it resembled the first two editions. However, the number of landscape views in the third edition,has been reduced to three. Although the navigation aids were updated, the topographical information was not. For example, the filling of Back Bay, which would have been almost completed by this time, has not progressed any further than depicted on earlier editions. This copy of the chart was hand colored and bears several additional navigational notations, apparently made in 1895 by a pilot and previous owner, William S. Brown.
date
["1878"]
year
1878
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_001157
creators
United States Coast Survey
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Maritime Charts and Atlases
subjects
Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Boston Harbor
Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Boston Bay
Boston Harbor (Mass.)--Navigation
Boston Bay (Mass.)--Navigation
subjectsGeographic
Boston Harbor
Massachusetts
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
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largeImageUrl
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1
source
import
pubPlace
[Washington, D.C.]
publisher
U.S. Coast Survey Office
Source extras
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sf268508b
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dn39z223t
schema:latitude
42.3333
schema:longitude
-70.9667
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 71 x 88 cm.
notes
Shows buoys with red and black ink.
Relief shown by hachures.
Depths shown by soundings and shading.
Oriented with north towards the upper left.
In upper right margin: Electrotype copy no. 12 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S.
Prime meridian: Massachusetts State House.
Includes sailing directions, tables of tides, lighthouses, and bottom types, and 3 coastal views.
In upper left margin: No. 337.
Plate no. 1184.
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no
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3f463441t
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map
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1
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photo
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