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Collection:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Attributed Author:
Bache, A. D.; Hassler, F. R.; United States Coast Survey
Date:
1848
Short Title:
Delaware Bay, River 1.
Publisher:
U.S.
Washington
Type:
Atlas Map; Chart Map
Obj Height cm:
67
Obj Width cm:
90
Scale 1:
80,000
Note:
Engraved nautical chart. South sheet (1 of 3). Depths shown by soundings. Includes 3 coastal views and descriptive notes on the survey, sailing directions, tides and currents. Oriented with north toward upper left. Prime meridians: Greenwich and New York. "Basso 4." In upper margin "Presented under authority of an act of Congress of the United States of June 3d 1844 by direction of the Treasury Department, A.D. Bache Superintendent Coast Survey."
Reference:
Guthorn, p. 77.
State/Province:
Delaware; New Jersey
Region:
Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.)
Full Title:
(Map of Delaware Bay and River). Sheet no. 1. (Founded upon a trigonometrical survey under the direction of F.R. Hassler and A.D. Bache, Superintendents of the Survey of the Coast of the United States. Triangulation by F.R. Hassler, assts. J. Ferguson, E. Blunt, C.M. Eakin, F.H. Gerdes, J.J.S. Hassler & J.E. Johnstone, Capt. Topl. Engrs. Topography by assistants W.M. Boyce, F.H. Gerdes, J.J.S. Hassler, H.L. Whiting, G.D. Wise & B.F. Sands, U.S.N. Hydrography by the party under the command of G.S. Blake, Lieutenant U.S. Navy. Soundings outside the capes under the direction of T.R. Gedney and G.M. Bache, Lieutenants U.S. Navy. Published in 1848. A.D. Bache, Superintendent). Final reduction for engraving of topography by W.M.C. Fairfax, asstist. & of hydrography by Lt. J.B. Dale, U.S.N. Engraved by F. Dankworth, assisted by O.A. Lawson. Views engraved by O.A. Lawson. Lettering by J. Knight. (Electrotype copy no. 4 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S.)
List No:
2470.022
Series No:
26
Engraver or Printer:
Blake, G. S.; Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862; Boyce, W. M.; Eakin, C. M.; Ferguson, James; Gedney, Thomas R.; Gerdes, Ferd. H.; Hassler, J. J. S.; Johnstone, J. E.; Sands, B. F.; Whiting, H.L.; Wise, G. D.
Publication Author:
Bache, A. D.; United States Coast Survey
Pub Date:
1854
Pub Title:
(Covers to) Maps and charts of the United States Coast Survey. A.D. Bache, Superintendent. To July, 1854.
Pub Reference:
P1269; U.S. Atlases L 167.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
2470.000
Pub Type:
Chart Atlas
Pub Maps:
57
Pub Height cm:
31
Pub Width cm:
28
Image No:
2470022
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2007
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