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Source Description
Boston Public Library has only east sheet showing St. Marks to New Orleans. Lacking west sheet showing New Orleans to Galveston.
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Document identity
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mk61wx068
label
The north coast of the Gulf of Mexico, from St. Marks to Galveston
core
obj
dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
id
mk61wx068
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
The north coast of the Gulf of Mexico, from St. Marks to Galveston
description
Boston Public Library has only east sheet showing St. Marks to New Orleans. Lacking west sheet showing New Orleans to Galveston.
date
["1851","(c) 1842"]
year
1842
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_017048
creators
Copley, Charles
Powell, Levin M., 1800-1885
Simmes, Lieut.
Coffin, J. H. C. (John Huntington Crane), 1815-1890
Kearney, James, -1862
E. & G.W. Blunt (Firm)
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Maritime Charts and Atlases
subjects
Mexico, Gulf of--Maps
Gulf Coast (U.S.)--Maps
Gulf States--Maps
Nautical charts--Mexico, Gulf of
subjectsGeographic
Alabama
Florida
Louisiana
Mexico, Gulf of
Mississippi
North and Central America
Texas
United States
genreBasic
Maps
genreSpecific
Nautical charts
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Texas
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
New York
publisher
E. & G.W. Blunt
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
30
schema:longitude
-100
extent
1 map on 2 sheets : hand colored ; 61 x 96 cm and 82 x 96 cm
notes
Boston Public Library has only east sheet showing St. Marks to New Orleans. Lacking west sheet showing New Orleans to Galveston.
Depths shown by soundings and gradient tints.
Shows cities, towns, military posts, islands and coastal formations along the Gulf of Mexico from the mouth of the Mississippi River to Appalachee Bay.
Includes notes and 3 insets.
Insets: Bar & entrance of Mobile Bay, surveyed under the direction of Major J. Kearney; Topogl. Engr. -- Preliminary sketch of Galveston Bar Harbour / U.S. Coast Survey, A.D. Bache, Superintendent -- Continuation of the coast, on a reduced scale.
"Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1842, by E. & G.W. Blunt, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District New York."
"Additions to 1851, including the surveys of Comr. Powell, Lt. Simmes, & Profr. Coffin, U.S. Navy."
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no
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mk61wx068
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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814010917c8a3d2c