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Preliminary chart of the sea coast of North Carolina : from Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke Inlet.

Title
Preliminary chart of the sea coast of North Carolina : from Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke Inlet.
Author
United States Coast Survey, creator, publisher.
Publication
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Coast Survey, 1856.

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CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 17-645Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

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Additional Authors
  • Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
  • Wadsworth, A. S.
  • Mathiot, G.
  • Wagner, W.
  • Langran, W.
Description
1 map; 36 x 42 cm, on sheet 41 x 48 cm
Alternative Title
  • Sea coast of North Carolina, from Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke Inlet
  • Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US184.3.01
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Nautical charts.
  • Bathymetric maps.
  • Maps.
Note
  • Depths shown by soundings and isolines.
  • Includes notes and tables.
  • At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A.D. Bache, Supdt.
  • "Triangulation by A.S. Wadsworth, assist. ; topography by J.H. Adams, sub-assist. ; hydrography by the parties under the command of Lieuts. comdg. T.A. Jenkins, J.J. Almy, and R. Wainwright, U.S.N. Asst."
  • "Electrotype Copy No. 1, by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S."--top right margin.
  • "Redd. drng. by W. Wagner ; engd. by W. Langran" --lower margin.
  • "The soundings are expressed in feet to 18 feet, or within the dotted curves, beyond them in fathoms and show the depth at mean low water-the plane of reference."
Indexed In (note)
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Call Number
Map Div. 17-645
OCLC
55131682
Author
United States Coast Survey, creator, publisher.
Title
Preliminary chart of the sea coast of North Carolina : from Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke Inlet.
Publisher
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Coast Survey, 1856.
Cartographic Data
Scale 1:200,000 (W 76°10ʹ--W 75°20ʹ/N 35°20ʹ--N 34°50ʹ).
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. 7, page 276, column 2, no. 5
Local Note
NYPL Map Div. copy has accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 59534.
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Place of Publication
United States District of Columbia Washington.
Added Author
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
Wadsworth, A. S.
Mathiot, G.
Wagner, W., draftsman.
Langran, W., engraver.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 17-645
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