Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Benner, Henry C
2. Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867
3. McClery, M. I
4. Sherman & Smith, engraver
5. United States Coast Survey. Harbor of Tarpaulin Cove

Description

1. 2 maps on 1 sheet; 24 x 34 cm and 18 x 34 cm, sheet 51 x 41 cm

Alternative title

1. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US092.4.07

Subject

1. Nautical charts -- Massachusetts -- Holmes Hole
2. Nautical charts -- Massachusetts -- Vineyard Haven
3. Nautical charts -- Massachusetts -- Tarpaulin Cove
4. Homes Hole (Mass.) -- Maps
5. Vineyard Haven (Mass.) -- Maps
6. Tarpaulin Cove (Mass.) -- Maps

Genre/Form

1. Nautical charts.
2. Maps.

Call number

1. Map Div. 16-784

Note

1. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and shading.
2. At the head of each title: Harbor of refuge no.
3. Final reduction for engraving by M.I. McClery, draughtsman.
4. Electrotype copy no. 1 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S.
5. Includes table of tides and notes on sailing directions.
6. In lower right margin: Engraved by Sherman & Smith, N.Y. ; Printed by H. Benner.
7. In upper left margin: Harbor map no.
8. Differs from other 1847 ed. in that it has printer's name in lower right margin and does not have text in upper middle margin.

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. The harbor of Holmes' Hole ; the harbor of Tarpaulin Cove / founded upon a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States.

Publisher

1. [Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. Coast Survey], 1847.

Manufacturer

1. [Washington, D.C.] : H. Benner, 1847.

Cartographic data

1. Scale 1:20,000 (W 70°36ʹ41ʺ--W 70°33ʹ20ʺ/N 41°29ʹ16ʺ--N 41°26ʹ46ʺ).
2. Scale 1:20,000 (W 70°46ʹ37ʺ--W 70°44ʹ03ʺ/N 41°29ʹ13ʺ--N 41°27ʹ25ʺ).

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 83, column 2, no. 6

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. United States District of Columbia Washington.

Added author

1. Benner, Henry C., printer.
2. Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
3. McClery, M. I., draftsman, engraver.
4. Sherman & Smith, engraver.
5. United States Coast Survey. Harbor of Tarpaulin Cove.

Research call number

1. Map Div. 16-784