Edgartown Harbor / founded upon a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States.

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.
  • 1 map ; 43 x 34 cm

Details

Subject(s)
Related name
Library of Congress genre(s)
Getty AAT genre
Notes
  • Shows bottom types, buoys, and lighthouses.
  • Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and shading.
  • Differs from other ed. of 1848 in that it has "Price 15 cents" under U.S. Coast Survey seal and does not have text in upper center margin.
  • Includes sailing directions, note, table of tides, magnetic variance, and 3 coastal views by O.A. Lawson.
  • In upper left margin: Harbor map no.
  • In lower left margin: Reducation of topography by M.L. McClery, assistant. Do. of hydrography by Jno. Robertson.
  • In lower right margin: Views by O.A. Lawson. Printed by H. Benner.
OCLC
56803125
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