Historic Maps » The harbour of New York, Entrance to Chesapeake Bay, coastal views. by Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862; Adams, D. P. from 1827

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Author: Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862; Adams, D. P.

Date: 1827

Short Title: The harbour of New York, Entrance to Chesapeake Bay, coastal views.

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

Type: Chart Map

Obj Height cm: 51

Obj Width cm: 94

Scale 1: 900,000

Note: First of 4-sheet sheet engraved nautical chart. This composed of 2 insets and 13 coastal profiles. Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. Light house coloring added by hand in red. Scale of New York harbor chart (ca. 1:135,000)

Reference: Guthorn, United States coastal charts, p. 9.

State/Province: New York ; Virginia ; U.S. North East

City: New York (N.Y.)

Region: Mid Atlantic States ; Chesapeake Bay

Full Title: The harbour of New York surveyed by Edmund Blunt. (with) Entrance fo the Chesapeake Bay, reduced from the surveys made by D.P. Adams and others by order of the Navy Commissioners of the U.S. by E. Blunt. (with) Views of land between Cape Henlopen and Cape Charles. (insets on 1st sheet of : The coast of the United States of North America; from New York to St. Augustine drawn and regulated according the the latest surveys and astronomical observations by Edmund Blunt). New York: published and sold by E. & G.W. Blunt, 154 Water Street cor. of Maiden Lane. Engraved & printed by W. Hooker, 202 Water Street, New York, 1827.

List No: 4662.005

Series No: 6

Engraver or Printer: Hooker, William

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: 4662005

Institution: Rumsey Collection

Ownership Statement: Copyright 2005