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A chart of New York Harbour : with the soundings, views of land marks and nautical directions for the use of pilotage
- Title
- A chart of New York Harbour : with the soundings, views of land marks and nautical directions for the use of pilotage / composed from surveys and observations of lieutenants John Knight, John Hunter of the Navy & others.
- Author
- Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1729-1824.
- Publication
- [London] : Publish'd by J.F.W. Des Barres Esqr., Ma[y 1779?]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person. | Cartographic | Supervised use | Map Div. 00-14506 | Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 map : hand col.; 80 x 55 cm.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
- Subjects
- Note
- Relief shown by hachures and shading, and depths shown by soundings.
- Appears in Des Barres's Atlantic Neptune.
- Inset views: Bond Hollow bearing s. b[y] e. -- Mount Pleasant half way between the cedars on the Hook & the light house.
- Indexed In (note)
- LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789,
- Call Number
- Map Div. 00-14506
- OCLC
- 45817517
- Author
- Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1729-1824.
- Title
- A chart of New York Harbour : with the soundings, views of land marks and nautical directions for the use of pilotage / composed from surveys and observations of lieutenants John Knight, John Hunter of the Navy & others.
- Imprint
- [London] : Publish'd by J.F.W. Des Barres Esqr., Ma[y 1779?]
- Cartographic Data
- Scale [ca. 1:52,000].
- Indexed In:
- LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1232
- Local Note
- NYPL copy appears to have been printed from a plate on which publication date has been mostly worn off.NYPL copy lacks lower right corner of map and most of lower margin.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Knight, John.Hunter, John, 1738-1821.Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1729-1824. Atlantic Neptune.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 00-14506