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Preliminary chart of Muskeget Channel, Massachusetts

Title
Preliminary chart of Muskeget Channel, Massachusetts / from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States.
Author
United States Coast Survey, creator, publisher.
Publication
  • [Washington, D.C.] : [U. S. Coast Survey Office], 1854
  • [New York], NY. : Ackermans Lith., 1854

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Additional Authors
  • Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
  • Whiting, H. L. (Henry Laurens)
  • Eakin, C. M.
  • Boschke, A.
  • Mechlin, J. R. P.
  • Dankworth, Frederick, approximately 1804-
  • Yaeger, E.
  • Throop, John Peter Van Ness, 1794-approximately 1861
  • Young, J.
  • Ackerman's (Firm), lithographer.
Description
1 map; 70 x 51 cm on sheet 74 x 56 cm
Alternative Title
Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US093.3.07
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Nautical charts.
  • Maps.
Note
  • Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
  • Also cover part of Nantucket Sound.
  • Text includes: sailing directions, tide table; note on soundings; list of abbreviations.
  • Includes "View of Holmes' Hole Harbor and View of north entrance to Muskeget Channel" at bottom edge, and "Telescopic view of Cape Poge Lt."
  • "A no. 13."
  • "Triangulation by C.M. Eakin, assistant U.S.C.S.; topography by H.L. Whiting, assistant; hydrography by the parties under the command of Lieuts. G.S. Blake, C.H. Davis and C.H. McBlair, U.S. Navy assistants U.S.C.S."
  • "Redd. drng. by A. Boschke and J.R.P. Mechlin" -- lower left.
  • "Engd. by F. Dankworth, E. Yaeger, J.V.N. Throop & J. Young."-- lower right.
Indexed In (note)
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Call Number
Map Div. 16-789
OCLC
427897246
Author
United States Coast Survey, creator, publisher.
Title
Preliminary chart of Muskeget Channel, Massachusetts / from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States.
Publisher
[Washington, D.C.] : [U. S. Coast Survey Office], 1854
Manufacturer
[New York], NY. : Ackermans Lith., 1854
Cartographic Data
Scale 1:60,000 (W 70°38ʹ--W 70°17ʹ/N 41°33ʹ--N 41°18ʹ).
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 691, column 1, no. 6
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Place of Publication
United States District of Columbia Washington.
Added Author
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
Whiting, H. L. (Henry Laurens)
Eakin, C. M.
Boschke, A., draftsman.
Mechlin, J. R. P., draftsman.
Dankworth, Frederick, approximately 1804- engraver.
Yaeger, E., engraver.
Throop, John Peter Van Ness, 1794-approximately 1861, engraver.
Young, J., engraver.
Ackerman's (Firm), lithographer.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 16-789
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