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Additional authors

1. Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
2. Boutelle, C. O. (Charles Otis)
3. Gluck, J. B.
4. Whiting, Henry L.
5. Williams, Jno. S. (John Shoebridge), 1790-1878.
6. Gilbert, S. A. (Samuel A.)
7. Davis, Charles Henry, 1807-1877.
8. Smith, M. L. (Martin Luther), 1819-1866.
9. Mathiot, G.
10. McCoy, G.
11. Knight, John, approximately 1802-1872
12. Rollé, A.
13. Mahon, Charles
14. Welch, Joseph (Cartographer)
15. Robertson, J.
16. Gansevoort-Lansing Collection.

Description

1. 1 map; 72 x 90 cm, on sheet 78 x 96 cm

Alternative title

1. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US098.2.01

Subject

1. Nautical charts
2. Boston Bay (Mass.) > Maps
3. Boston Harbor (Mass.) > Maps
4. Maps
5. Nautical charts > Massachusetts > Boston Harbor
6. Harbors > Massachusetts > Boston > Maps
7. Nautical charts > Massachusetts > Boston Bay

Genre/Form

1. Nautical charts.
2. Maps.

Call number

1. Map Div. 16-812

Note

1. Relief shown by hachures; depths by soundings.
2. Prime meridian: Massachusetts State House.
3. Covers Boston Bay and adjacent water and land areas.
4. Includes text, tables of sailing information, and 6 coastal views: Passing Nix's Mate -- View of Boston -- View for clearing Harding's Ledge -- Entering Nantasket Roads, Long Id. --- S. Channel, Broad Sound, Nix's Mate -- Passing George's Id.
5. "Triangulation by A.D. Bache, supdt. and C.O. Boutelle, assistant; topography by J.B. Gluck, H.L. Whiting, J.S. Williams assists., & S.A. Gilbert sub-asst.; hydrography by the party under the command of C.H. Davis, lieut. U.S. Navy assistant."
6. "Verified, M.L. Smith, capt. topl. engrs. asst. in charge of office."
7. "Electrotype Copy No. 9 by G. Mathiot U.S.C.S."--top right margin.
8. "Redd. drng. by J. Welch, J. Robertson & C. Mahon" -- lower left margin.
9. "Engd. by A. Rolle, J. Knight & G. McCoy" -- lower right margin.

Indexed in (note)

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

Author

1. United States Coast Survey, creator, publisher.

Title

1. Boston Harbor, 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], 1857.

Cartographic data

1. Scale 1:40,000 (W 71°08ʹ--W 70°41ʹ/N 42°27ʹ--N 42°11ʹ).

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. 2, page 21, column 3, no. 4

Local note

1. NYPL Map Div. copy includes manuscript notation on verso that has bled through to map recto; and has accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 58621.

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. Boutelle, C. O. (Charles Otis)
3. Gluck, J. B.
4. Whiting, Henry L.
5. Williams, Jno. S. (John Shoebridge), 1790-1878.
6. Gilbert, S. A. (Samuel A.)
7. Davis, Charles Henry, 1807-1877.
8. Smith, M. L. (Martin Luther), 1819-1866.
9. Mathiot, G.
10. McCoy, G., engraver.
11. Knight, John, approximately 1802-1872, engraver.
12. Rollé, A., engraver.
13. Mahon, Charles, draftsman.
14. Welch, Joseph (Cartographer), draftsman.
15. Robertson, J., draftsman.
16. Gansevoort-Lansing Collection.

Research call number

1. Map Div. 16-812