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The U.S. Coast Survey's first nautical chart of Boston Harbor was published in 1857. The original chart was based on the first truly scientific and comprehensive surveys of the entire harbor. These included elaborate triangulation surveys, which provided accurate geodetic positions, as well as separate topographic and hydrographic surveys. This particular edition was updated with corrections and additions accurate to 1863. The Office of Coast Survey, as it is known today, is the oldest U.S. scientific organization, dating from 1807 when the U. S. Congress directed that a "survey of the coast" be carried out.
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Boston Harbor, Massachusetts
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map
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x633fb29b
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map
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normalized
title
Boston Harbor, Massachusetts
description
The U.S. Coast Survey's first nautical chart of Boston Harbor was published in 1857. The original chart was based on the first truly scientific and comprehensive surveys of the entire harbor. These included elaborate triangulation surveys, which provided accurate geodetic positions, as well as separate topographic and hydrographic surveys. This particular edition was updated with corrections and additions accurate to 1863. The Office of Coast Survey, as it is known today, is the oldest U.S. scientific organization, dating from 1807 when the U. S. Congress directed that a "survey of the coast" be carried out.
date
["[1863]"]
year
1863
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
reuseAllowed
creative commons
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_001158
creators
United States Coast Survey
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Mapping Boston Collection
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.)--Maps
Boston Bay (Mass.)--Maps
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Boston Harbor
Massachusetts
North and Central America
United States
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Maps
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Cartographic
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United States
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Massachusetts
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1
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[Washington, D.C.]
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U.S. Coast Survey Office
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42.3333
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-70.9667
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1 map ; 70 x 88 cm.
notes
Published in 1857.
Relief shown by hachures.
Depths shown by soundings and shading.
In upper right margin: Electrotype copy no. 10 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S.
Prime meridian: Massachusetts State House.
Includes sailing directions, tables of tides, lighthouses, and bottom types, and 6 coastal views.
In upper left margin: No. 337.
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x633fb29b
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