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Additional authors

1. Hassler, F. R. (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843.
2. Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
3. Benham, Henry Washington, 1813-1884.
4. Mathiot, G.
5. Siebert, Selmar
6. Rollé, A.
7. Knight, John, approximately 1802-1872

Description

1. 1 map; 64 x 87 cm, folded in cover 18 x 12 cm

Alternative title

1. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US160.1.03

Subject

1. Nautical charts
2. Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.) > Maps
3. Nautical charts > Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.)
4. Nautical charts > New York (State) > Long Island
5. Maps
6. Nautical charts > Connecticut > Atlantic Coast
7. Nautical charts > Rhode Island > Block Island (Island)
8. Coasts > Connecticut > Maps
9. Nautical charts > New York (State) > Montauk
10. Nautical charts > New York (State) > Suffolk County

Genre/Form

1. Maps.
2. Nautical charts.

Call number

1. Map Div. 16-733

Note

1. Relief shown by hachures and landform drawings.
2. Depths shown by soundings.
3. Prime meridians: New York and Greenwich.
4. Incomplete coodinates: E 0°57ʹ--E 1°46ʹ.
5. "Published in 1855."
6. "Verified, H.W. Benham, capt. of engrs. asst. C.S. in charge of office."
7. "No. 114"--top left margin.
8. "Electrotype Copy No. 6 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S."--top right margin.
9. "Sheet no. 3" -- center left margin.
10. Includes charts of tides, botttom types, light houses, current stations, text of sailing directions and dangers.
11. Also includes 4 panoramic views: View of the Race entrance to Long Island Sound in 14 fathoms, (grey sand) -- View between Montauk Point and Block Island in 25 fathoms (black mudd), with Montauk Fixed Light bearing W. 1/2 N. -- Montauk Fixed Light : view in 9 fathoms (N.W. by N. 1/2 N.) -- View on round Montauk Point with light bearing W. by S.

Indexed in (note)

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Author

1. United States Coast Survey, creator, issuing body.

Title

1. Eastern part of Long Island Sound : from a trigonometrical survey / under the direction of F.R. Hassler, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States ; A.D. Bache, Superintendent ; engd. by S. Siebert, A Rollé, J. Knight, & W. Smith.

Publisher

1. [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Coast Survey office, 1855.

Edition

1. Second edition, 1855.

Cartographic data

1. Scale 1:80,000 (W 72°05ʹ--W 71°20ʹ/N 41°30ʹ--40°03ʹ).

Type of content

1. cartographic image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Indexed in:

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 5, page 880, column 1, row 7

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. United States District of Columbia Washington.

Added author

1. Hassler, F. R. (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843.
2. Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
3. Benham, Henry Washington, 1813-1884.
4. Mathiot, G.
5. Siebert, Selmar, engraver.
6. Rollé, A., engraver.
7. Knight, John, approximately 1802-1872, engraver.

Research call number

1. Map Div. 16-733