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Map of New-York Bay and Harbor and the environs : [with colored manuscript additions to show positions of troops and fleets at the Battle of Long Island, 1776]

Title
  1. Map of New-York Bay and Harbor and the environs : [with colored manuscript additions to show positions of troops and fleets at the Battle of Long Island, 1776] / founded upon a trigonometrical survey under the direction of F.R. Hassler, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States ; triangulation by James Ferguson and Edmund Blunt, assistants ; the hydrography under the direction of Thomas R. Gedney, lieutenant U.S. Navy ; the topography by C. Renard, T.A. Jenkins & B.F. Sands assists. ; A.D. Bache superintendent ; verified by Lieut. A.A. Humphreys, topl. engrs. assistant, U.S. Coast Survey.
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  1. [Washington, D.C.] : Survey of the Coast of the United States, 1845.
Author
  1. United States Coast Survey.

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Additional authors
  1. Hassler, F. R. (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843.
  2. Ferguson, James, 1797-1867.
  3. Blunt, Edmund M.
  4. Gedney, Thomas R.
  5. Renard, C.
  6. Jenkins, T.A.
  7. Sands, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1811-1883.
  8. Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
  9. Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883.
  10. Siebert, Selmar.
  11. Rollé, A.
  12. Lawson, Oscar A., 1813-1854.
  13. Farley, John, 1802 or 1803-1874.
  14. Dankworth, Frederick, approximately 1804-
  15. Knight, J. (Jonathan), 1787-1858.
  16. Mathiot, G.
Description
  1. 1 map; 61 x 88 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Subject
  1. Nautical charts > New York Metropolitan Area
  2. Harbors > New York Metropolitan Area > Maps
  3. Nautical charts > New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
  4. New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.) > Maps
  5. New York (N.Y.) > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Maps
  6. Long Island, Battle of, New York, N.Y., 1776 > Maps
Call number
  1. Map Div. 01-1767
Note
  1. Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings.
  2. "Topography engraved by S. Siebert & A. Rolle; views engraved by O.A. Lawson ; engraving supervised & views of the coast drawn by J. Farley ; hydrography engraved by F. Dankworth ; lettering by F. Dankworth & J. Knight."
  3. Prime meridians: New York and Greenwich.
  4. In upper right margin: Electrotype copy no. 7, by G. Mathiot U.S.C.S.
  5. Annotated with red and blue ink to show positions of troops and fleets at the Battle of Long Island.
  6. Includes text, table of currents, and 4 coastal panoramas.
Author
  1. United States Coast Survey.
Title
  1. Map of New-York Bay and Harbor and the environs : [with colored manuscript additions to show positions of troops and fleets at the Battle of Long Island, 1776] / founded upon a trigonometrical survey under the direction of F.R. Hassler, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States ; triangulation by James Ferguson and Edmund Blunt, assistants ; the hydrography under the direction of Thomas R. Gedney, lieutenant U.S. Navy ; the topography by C. Renard, T.A. Jenkins & B.F. Sands assists. ; A.D. Bache superintendent ; verified by Lieut. A.A. Humphreys, topl. engrs. assistant, U.S. Coast Survey.
Imprint
  1. [Washington, D.C.] : Survey of the Coast of the United States, 1845.
Cartographic data
  1. Scale 1:80,000 (W 74⁰19ʹ--W 73⁰28ʹ/N 40⁰45ʹ--N 40⁰18ʹ).
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  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. Hassler, F. R. (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843.
  2. Ferguson, James, 1797-1867.
  3. Blunt, Edmund M.
  4. Gedney, Thomas R.
  5. Renard, C.
  6. Jenkins, T.A.
  7. Sands, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1811-1883.
  8. Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
  9. Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883.
  10. Siebert, Selmar.
  11. Rollé, A.
  12. Lawson, Oscar A., 1813-1854.
  13. Farley, John, 1802 or 1803-1874.
  14. Dankworth, Frederick, approximately 1804-
  15. Knight, J. (Jonathan), 1787-1858.
  16. Mathiot, G.
Research call number
  1. Map Div. 01-1767 [Filed with N.Y.S. Rev. War. Long Island Battle of, 1776]
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