Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Faden, William, 1750?-1836.

Description

1. 1 map; 48 x 68 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 601.
2. National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.

Subject

1. Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.) > Maps > Early works to 1800
2. Nautical charts > Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.) > Early works to 1800
3. Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) > Maps > Early works to 1800
4. Nautical charts > Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) > Early works to 1800

Call number

1. Map Div. 97-6367

Note

1. Depths shown by soundings.
2. "... according to Act of Parliament."
3. Oriented with north to the right.
4. Appears in William Faden's North American atlas.
5. Includes text and "Tide table."

Indexed in (note)

1. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789
2. Phillips. Maps of America

Author

1. Fisher, Joshua, 1707-1783.

Title

1. A chart of Delaware Bay and River : containing a full & exact description of the shores, creeks, harbours, soundings, shoals, sands, and bearings of the most considerable land marks, from the capes to Philadelphia / taken from the original chart published at Philadelphia by Joshua Fisher ; engraved by William Faden, Charing Cross.

Imprint

1. London : Published ... by W. Faden, (successor to the late Mr. Jefferys), corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross, March 12, 1776.

Cartographic data

1. Scale [ca. 1:230,000].

Indexed in:

1. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1355
2. Phillips. Maps of America, p. 262

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Faden, William, 1750?-1836. North American atlas.

Research call number

1. Map Div. 97-6367 [LHS 601]