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Title
Map of New-York Bay and Harbor and the environs
Names
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776 (Associated name)
United States Coast Survey (Publisher)
Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862 (Associated name)
Renard, C. (Associated name)
Gedney, Thomas R. (Associated name)
Eakin, C. M. (Constant M.) (Associated name)
Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883 (Associated name)
Jenkins, T. A. (Associated name)
Hassler, F. R. (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843 (Surveyor)
Collection

Maps of New York City and State

New York City

New York Harbor

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1844 - 1845
Place: [Washington, D.C.]
Publisher: Survey of the Coast of the United States
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 01-1888 [Mounted and filed as 3 sheets]
Topics
New York (N.Y.)
New Jersey
Harbors -- New York Metropolitan Area
Nautical charts -- New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
Nautical charts -- New York Metropolitan Area
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: "Sheets Nos. 1, 2, 3, & 4 verified by C.M. Eakin, assistant, & published in 1844. Sheets 5 & 6 verified by Lt. A.A. Humphreys, assistant, & published in 1845."
Content: Includes text, table of currents, notes, 4 coastal panoramas and 2 views of Sandy Hook Light.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Prime meridians: New York and Greenwich.
Content: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Statement of responsibility: founded upon a trigonometrical survey under the direction of F. R. Hassler, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States ; triangulation by James Ferguson and Edmund Blunt, assistants ; the hydrography under the direction of Thomas R. Gedney, lieutenant U.S. Navy ; the topography by C. Renard and T.A. Jenkins assists.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map on 6 sheets ; 165 x 158 cm. sheets 63 x 85 cm.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 46592906
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15005193
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 04b4c260-c5ab-012f-f198-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1710: Creator Born
  • 1776: Creator Died
  • 1844: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of New-York Bay and Harbor and the environs" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1844 - 1845. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/666dd104-c644-36ce-e040-e00a180623a1

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of New-York Bay and Harbor and the environs" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/666dd104-c644-36ce-e040-e00a180623a1

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1844 - 1845). Map of New-York Bay and Harbor and the environs Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/666dd104-c644-36ce-e040-e00a180623a1

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Map of New-York Bay and Harbor and the environs