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Additional authors

1. Almy, John Jay, 1815-1895.
2. Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.

Description

1. 1 map; 34 x 42 cm, on sheet 47 x 56 cm

Alternative title

1. Chincoteague Inlet and shoals in the vicinity
2. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US248.1.07

Subject

1. Inlets
2. Virginia
3. Atlantic Coast (Va.) > Navigation
4. Virginia > Atlantic Coast
5. Inlets > Virginia > Maps
6. Navigation
7. Maps
8. Bathymetric maps
9. Atlantic Ocean > Chincoteague Bay
10. Nautical charts > Virginia > Atlantic Coast
11. Nautical charts > Chincoteague Bay (Md. and Va.)
12. Chincoteague Bay (Md. and Va.) > Navigation

Genre/Form

1. Maps.
2. Nautical charts.
3. Bathymetric maps.

Call number

1. Map Div. 17-698

Note

1. Depths shown by isolines and soundings.
2. Includes notes on danger, light house, tides, soundings, and bottom conditions.
3. At head of title: C No. 2; U.S. Coast Survey, A.D. Bache, Superintendent.

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 sketch of Chincoteague Inlet and shoals in the vicinity, sea coast of Virginia / by the hydrographic pary under the command of Lieut. J.J. Almy U.S.N. Assistant.

Publisher

1. [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Coast Survey, 1852.

Cartographic data

1. Scale 1:40,000 (W 75°27ʹ--W 74°59ʹ/N 38°02ʹ--N 37°47ʹ).

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 575, column 2, no. 3

Local note

1. NYPL Map Div. copy has accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 55602.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. United States District of Columbia Washington.

Added author

1. Almy, John Jay, 1815-1895.
2. Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.

Research call number

1. Map Div. 17-698