Historic Maps » The north eastern coast, North America, New York to Cape Canso (east sheet) by Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862; Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824 from 1828

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Author: Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862; Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824

Date: 1828

Short Title: The north eastern coast, North America, New York to Cape Canso (east sheet)

Publisher: New York: E. & G.W. Blunt.

Type: Chart Map

Obj Height cm: 99

Obj Width cm: 64

Scale 1: 910,000

Note: Eastern sheet of 3-sheet engraved nautical chart. Contains inset. Depths shown by soundings. Light house coloring by hand in red. Guthorn notes subsequent eds. in 1844, 1847 and 1848.

Reference: Guthorn, United States coastal charts, p. 10.

State/Province: Nova Scotia

City: Halifax (N.S.)

Full Title: (The north eastern coast of North America from New York to Cape Canso including Sable Island by Edmund Blunt. East sheet. (with) Halifax Harbour and adjacent coast by J.F.W. Des Barres. Published & Sold by E. & G.W. Blunt, No. 154 Water Street, corner of Maiden Lane, New York. G. Ely Sct. Engd. by D.R. Harrison. Entered ... 22nd day of July 1828, by Edmund Blunt of the State of New York)

List No: 4662.001

Series No: 2

Engraver or Printer: Harrison, D. R. ; Ely, G.

Publication Author: E. & G.W. Blunt (Firm)

Pub Date: 1828

Pub Title: (Atlas of 4 charts on 10 sheets) The north eastern coast of North America from New York to Cape Canso including Sable Island by Edmund Blunt. Published & Sold by E. & G.W. Blunt, No. 154 Water Street ... G. Ely Sct. Engd. by D.R. Harrison. Entered ... 22nd day of July 1828, by Edmund Blunt ... New York (3 sheets); The coast of the United States of North America from New York to St. Augustine: drawn and regulated according to the latest surveys and astronomical observation: by Edmund Blunt ... (4 sheets, 1827); The Bahama Banks and Gulf of Florida by Edmund Blunt Hydrographer ... (2 sheets, 1827); The coasts of West Florida, Alabama, Mississippi & Louisiana: Drawn from the surveys of Gauld, and improved from other authorities by Edmund Blunt (1 sheet, 1828).

Pub Reference: cf Phillips. 3661; Guthorn. p.9-10, 56, 92-93, 160-161.

Pub Note: "An unusual made up atlas of Blunt's charts in excellent condition, bound in quarter leather marbled paper covered boards for a French owner, with a small leather label on the spine: ""Blunt. Ameriq. Septentrionale."" The four charts on 10 sheets are all in first editions. Atlases of Blunt's charts are rare, with the Library of Congress atlas of 14 charts on 29 sheets the only other one we have seen."

Pub List No: 4662.000

Pub Type: Chart Atlas

Pub Maps: 10

Pub Height cm: 67

Pub Width cm: 53

Image No: 4662001

Institution: Rumsey Collection

Ownership Statement: Copyright 2005