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Source Description
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
w6636s756
label
Eldridge's chart of Long Island Sound from Newport to New York
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
w6636s756
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Eldridge's chart of Long Island Sound from Newport to New York
description
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
date
["1874"]
year
1874
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
82545
creators
Eldridge, George, 1821-1879
S. Thaxter & Son
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Maritime Charts and Atlases
subjects
Navigation--Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.)
Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Long Island Sound
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
genreSpecific
Nautical charts
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston
publisher
S. Thaxter & Son
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
41.0833
schema:longitude
-73
extent
1 map ; 63 x 265 cm
notes
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Oriented with north to the upper right.
Inset: Continuation from Throg's Neck to the city of New York.
Includes navigation notes.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1866 by George Eldridge & Saml. Thaxter Cushing in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts."
Label and publisher's list of Eldridge's charts pasted on verso.
Label pasted on verso: Eldridge's chart, no. 5 ; Long Island Sound, with book of sailing directions.
hasTranscription
no
dcId
w6636s756
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
1510f69dd36f1de1