Nantucket Harbor [map] / from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States ; triangulation by A.D. Bache and C.M. Eakin ; topography by H.L. Whiting ; hydrography by the party under the command of C.H. Davis ; verified by A.A. Humphreys.

Author
United States Coast Survey [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Published/​Created
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Coast Survey Office, 1848.
Description
  • Scale 1:20,000. (W 70°07ʹ45ʺ--W 70°01ʹ30ʺ/N 41°19ʹ30ʺ--N 41°16ʹ15ʺ).
  • 1 map ; 34 x 42 cm.

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Notes
  • Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings.
  • Shows bottom types, buoys, and lighthouses. Includes information on tides, sailing directions, and 2 views of approaches to the harbor.
  • "Reduction by J.M. Wampler, draughtsman. Views by J. Robertson. Engraving of topography &c. by F. Dankworth & O.A. Lawson, assisted by J.H. Young. Views by O.A. Lawson. Lettering by J. Knight & W. Smith. Printed by H. Benner."--Lower margin.
  • "Harbor map no."--Upper left margin.
  • "Electrotype Copy No. 1 by G. Mathiot U.S.C.S."-Upper right margin.
  • Differs from another ed. of 1848 without printer's name in lower margin, and with text in upper center margin: "Presented to ... under the authority of an act of the Congress of the United States of June 3d, 1844 ..."
OCLC
36558735
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