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Additional authors

1. Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
2. Bolles, C. P.
3. Maffitt, John Newland, 1819-1886.
4. Smith, M. L. (Martin Luther), 1819-1866.
5. Mathiot, G.
6. Stewart, F. D.
7. Fairfax, F.
8. Throop, John Peter Van Ness, 1794-approximately 1861
9. Maedel, A. M.
10. Gansevoort-Lansing Collection.

Description

1. 1 map; 78 x 64 cm, on sheet 87 x 72 cm

Alternative title

1. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US186.2.04

Subject

1. Nautical charts
2. Cape Fear River (N.C.) > Maps
3. Cape Fear River (N.C.) > Navigation
4. North Carolina > Cape Fear River
5. Maps
6. Navigation
7. Nautical charts > North Carolina > Cape Fear River

Genre/Form

1. Maps.
2. Nautical charts.

Call number

1. Map Div. 17-657

Note

1. Depth shown by soundings and isolines.
2. Includes note, charts of lighthouses and tides; and inset: Cape Fear River in the vicinity of Wilmington; [Scale 1:20,000].
3. "Triangulation and topography by C.P. Bolles, assistant; hydrography by the party under the command of Lieut. J.N. Maffitt U.S.N. assist."
4. "Verified: M.L. Smith, Capt. Topl. Engrs., asst. in charge of office."
5. "Electrotype Copy No. 2 by G. Mathiot U.S.C.S."--top right margin.
6. "Redd. drng. by F.D. Stewart & F. Fairfax; engd. by J.V.N. Throop & A.M. Maedel."-- lower 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. Preliminary chart of lower part of Cape Fear River, North Carolina : from near Federal Point to Wilmington / from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, Superintendant of the Survey of the Coast of the United States.

Publisher

1. [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Coast Survey Office, 1856.

Cartographic data

1. Scale 1:30,000 (W 78°05ʹ33ʺ--W 77°53ʹ14ʺ/N 34°12ʹ47ʺ--N 34°00ʹ22ʺ).

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 384, column 2, no. 5

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. Bolles, C. P.
3. Maffitt, John Newland, 1819-1886.
4. Smith, M. L. (Martin Luther), 1819-1866.
5. Mathiot, G.
6. Stewart, F. D., draftsman.
7. Fairfax, F., draftsman.
8. Throop, John Peter Van Ness, 1794-approximately 1861, engraver.
9. Maedel, A. M., engraver.
10. Gansevoort-Lansing Collection.

Research call number

1. Map Div. 17-657