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Additional authors

1. Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867
2. Whiting, H. L. (Henry Laurens)
3. Eakin, C. M
4. Boschke, A
5. Mechlin, J. R. P
6. Dankworth, Frederick, approximately 1804-
7. Yaeger, E
8. Throop, John Peter Van Ness, 1794-approximately 1861
9. Young, J
10. Ackerman's (Firm), lithographer

Description

1. 1 map; 70 x 51 cm on sheet 74 x 56 cm

Alternative title

1. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US093.3.07

Subject

1. Nautical charts -- Massachusetts -- Muskeget Channel
2. Nautical charts -- Massachusetts -- Martha's Vineyard
3. Nautical charts -- Massachusetts -- Nantucket Sound
4. Martha's Vineyard (Mass.) -- Maps
5. Muskeget Island (Mass.) -- Maps
6. Muskeget Channel (Mass.) -- Maps

Genre/Form

1. Nautical charts.
2. Maps.

Call number

1. Map Div. 16-789

Language

1. English

Note

1. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
2. Also cover part of Nantucket Sound.
3. Text includes: sailing directions, tide table; note on soundings; list of abbreviations.
4. Includes "View of Holmes' Hole Harbor and View of north entrance to Muskeget Channel" at bottom edge, and "Telescopic view of Cape Poge Lt."
5. "A no. 13."
6. "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."
7. "Redd. drng. by A. Boschke and J.R.P. Mechlin" -- lower left.
8. "Engd. by F. Dankworth, E. Yaeger, J.V.N. Throop & J. Young."-- lower right.

Indexed in (note)

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

Author

1. United States Coast Survey, creator, publisher.

Title

1. 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

1. [Washington, D.C.] : [U. S. Coast Survey Office], 1854

Manufacturer

1. [New York], NY. : Ackermans Lith., 1854

Cartographic data

1. Scale 1:60,000 (W 70°38ʹ--W 70°17ʹ/N 41°33ʹ--N 41°18ʹ).

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. 6, page 691, column 1, no. 6

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. United States District of Columbia Washington.

Added author

1. Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
2. Whiting, H. L. (Henry Laurens)
3. Eakin, C. M.
4. Boschke, A., draftsman.
5. Mechlin, J. R. P., draftsman.
6. Dankworth, Frederick, approximately 1804- engraver.
7. Yaeger, E., engraver.
8. Throop, John Peter Van Ness, 1794-approximately 1861, engraver.
9. Young, J., engraver.
10. Ackerman's (Firm), lithographer.

Research call number

1. Map Div. 16-789