Research Catalog

Title

Long Island.

Author

Copley, Charles,

Publication

New York : Charles Copley & Sons, [1860]

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Details

Additional Authors

Chas. Copley & Sons, issuing body.

Description

1 map : hand colored; 87 x 119 cm

Donor/Sponsor

Mercator Society Fund, 2002.

Subjects

• Nautical charts
• Hell Gate (New York, N.Y.) > Maps
• Nautical charts > New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
• Nautical charts > New York Bight (N.J. and N.Y.)
• Nautical charts > Massachusetts > Massachusetts Bay
• Nautical charts > Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.)

Genre/Form

Nautical charts.

Note

• Nautical chart of the waters surrounding Long Island, N.Y.
• Depths shown by soundings and bathymetric contours.
• Title from label pasted on verso.
• Author attribution and publication date based on "Authorities" note on map: This chart was drawn by Charles Copley, hydrographer (by special permission of the Secretary of the Treasury), from the original maps ... by the U.S. Coast Survey ... New York, January 1st, 1860.
• "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1858 by C., C.J. & F.S. Copley ..."
• Colored only to show locations of lighthouses.
• Insets: Chart of Massachusetts Bay -- Chart of the East River entrance to New York -- Hell Gate and its approaches.

Call Number

Map Div. 03-416

OCLC

893913464

Author

Copley, Charles, cartographer.

Title

Long Island.

Publisher

New York : Charles Copley & Sons, [1860]

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:178,000 (W 74°20ʹ--W 71°50ʹ/N 41°24ʹ--N 40°23ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Place of Publication

United States New York (State) New York.

Added Author

Chas. Copley & Sons, issuing body.

Added Title

Mercator Society Fund, 2002.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 03-416 [Oversize - Filed with United States Parts & Locals Oversize]