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Boston Harbor, Massachusetts: from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States

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Title
Boston Harbor, Massachusetts: from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States
Names
United States Coast Survey (Publisher)
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 (Creator)
Boutelle, C. O. (Charles Otis) (Creator)
Gluck, J. B. (Creator)
Whiting, Henry L. (Creator)
Williams, Jno. S. (John Shoebridge), 1790-1878 (Creator)
Gilbert, S. A. (Samuel A.) (Creator)
Boschke, A. (Creator)
Davis, Charles Henry, 1807-1877 (Creator)
Hilgard, J. E. (Julius Erasmus), 1825-1891 (Creator)
Mathiot, G. (Creator)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

States

Massachusetts

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1867
Place: Washington, D.C.?
Publisher: U.S. Coast Survey
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 16-811
Topics
Nautical charts -- Massachusetts -- Boston Harbor (Mass.)
Harbors -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Boston Harbor (Mass.)
Genres
Maps
Nautical charts
Notes
Content: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and shading.
Content: Prime meridian: Boston State House.
Content: Includes charts of tides, bottom types, light houses, current stations, text of sailing directions and dangers.
Content: Also includes 6 views: Passing Nix's Mate -- View of Boston -- View for clearing Harding's Ledge -- Entering Nantasket Roads, Long Id. --- S. Channel, Board Sound, Nix's Mate -- Passing George's Id.
Statement of responsibility: "Triangulation by A.D. Bache, supdt. and C.O. Boutelle, assistant; topography by J.B. Gluck, H.L. Whiting, J.S. Williams assists., & S.A. Gilbert sub-asst.; hydrography by the parties under the direction of C.H. Davis, lieut. U.S.N., and A. Boschke, c.e."
Statement of responsibility: "Verified, J.E. Hilgard, assist. Coast Survey in charge of office."
Content: "No. 337" -- top left margin.
Statement of responsibility: "Electrotype Copy No. 11 by G. Mathiot U.S.C.S."--top right margin.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map ; 71 x 90 cm, on sheet 84 x 98 cm
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 961355522
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21106626
Other local Identifier: US099.1.03
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9b408420-8f40-0134-1e9f-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1867: Issued
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Boston Harbor, Massachusetts" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1867. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b162e910-8f40-0134-ea1e-00505686a51c

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Boston Harbor, Massachusetts" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b162e910-8f40-0134-ea1e-00505686a51c

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1867). Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b162e910-8f40-0134-ea1e-00505686a51c

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Boston Harbor, Massachusetts