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A new chart of the coast of America from Philadelphia to Halifax Harbor

Title
  1. A new chart of the coast of America from Philadelphia to Halifax Harbor / by Wm. Heather, 1809 ; Stephenson, engraver.
Published by
  1. London : Published as the Act directs ... by William Heather, at the Navigation Warehouse, No. 157, Leadenhall Street, Novr. 1st, 1809.
Author
  1. Heather, William, 1764-1812.

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Additional authors
  1. Stephenson, J., engraver.
Description
  1. 1 map : hand col.; 75 x 208 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Subject
  1. Nautical charts > Atlantic Coast (North America)
  2. Harbors > Atlantic Coast (North America) > Maps
  3. Atlantic Coast (North America) > Maps
Call number
  1. Map Div. 01-5243
Note
  1. Relief shown pictorially and with hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
  2. Oriented with north toward the upper right.
  3. "Longitude west from London."
  4. Annotated with yellow and red color to show lighthouses.
  5. Backed with blue paper.
  6. Includes notes and 7 panoramic views of sections of the coastline.
  7. Insets: The harbor of New York -- The harbor of Boston -- The harbor of Halifax.
Author
  1. Heather, William, 1764-1812.
Title
  1. A new chart of the coast of America from Philadelphia to Halifax Harbor / by Wm. Heather, 1809 ; Stephenson, engraver.
Imprint
  1. London : Published as the Act directs ... by William Heather, at the Navigation Warehouse, No. 157, Leadenhall Street, Novr. 1st, 1809.
Cartographic data
  1. Scale [ca. 1:640,000] (W 77⁰30ʹ--W 61⁰40ʹ/N 46⁰40ʹ--N 36⁰45ʹ).
Local note
  1. NYPL copy has ms. notes in ink on verso: Chart of the coast of America from Philadelphia to Halifax Harbor. 63.
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  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. Stephenson, J., engraver.
Research call number
  1. Map Div. 01-5243 [Filed with North America]
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