The harbor of New Bedford
- Title
- The harbor of New Bedford / founded upon a trigonometrical survey under the direction of Alexr. D. Bache, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States ; triangulation by C.M. Eakin, assistant ; topography by H.L. Whiting, assistant ; hydrography under the direction of G.S. Blake, lieut. comg., U.S. Navy.
- Published by
- [Washington, D.C.] : [United States Coast Survey], [1870]
- Author
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- Description
- 1 map; 42 x 34 cm, on sheet 61 x 48 cm
- Alternative title
- Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US094.2.01
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Maps.
- Nautical charts.
- Call number
- Map Div. 16-5201
- Language
- English
- Note
- Shows bottom types, buoys, and lighthouses.
- Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and shading.
- Includes notes, tide information, lighthouses and sailing directions.
- Also includes 5 topographical views: Outward view from Butler's Flat buoy, Clark's L.H. open to westward of Round Hill -- Range of Fort Pt. and Fairhaven wharf from Butler's Flat -- Range for entering East Channel 6 1/2 f. -- View of the west entrance of New Bedford Harbor in 4 1/2 fathoms last of ebb. on a mid line between Sand Spit and Dumpling Light.
- "Published in 1846."
- "No. 350" -- top left margin.
- "Electrotype copy no. 3 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S." -- top right margin.
- "Drawn by H.L. Whiting, assistant." -- lower left margin.
- "Engraved by Sherman & Smith, New York"-- lower right margin.
- Indexed in (note)
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
- Local note
- NYPL Map Div. copy has accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 53966.
- Author
- United States Coast Survey, creator, issuing body.
- Title
- The harbor of New Bedford / founded upon a trigonometrical survey under the direction of Alexr. D. Bache, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States ; triangulation by C.M. Eakin, assistant ; topography by H.L. Whiting, assistant ; hydrography under the direction of G.S. Blake, lieut. comg., U.S. Navy.
- Publisher
- [Washington, D.C.] : [United States Coast Survey], [1870]
- Edition
- Corrected to1870 [edition].
- Cartographic data
- Scale 1:40,000 (W 70°58ʹ--W 70°48ʹ/N 41°42ʹ--N 41°30ʹ).
- Type of content
- cartographic image
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- sheet
- Indexed in:
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 6, page 789, column 3, no. 7
- Source
- US094.2.02
- Connect to:
- Place of publication
- United States District of Columbia Washington.
- Added author
- Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867, surveyor.
- Eakin, C. M. (Constant M.), surveyor.
- Whiting, Henry L., draftsman.
- Blake, George S. (George Smith), 1803-1871, surveyor.
- Mathiot, G., electrotypist.
- Sherman & Smith, engraver.
- Research call number
- Map Div. 16-5201