A chart of the coast of America : from New York and Philadelphia to the Strait or Gulf of Florida, and from thence to the Mississippi
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Title
A chart of the coast of America : from New York and Philadelphia to the Strait or Gulf of Florida, and from thence to the Mississippi
Collection
Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlases
Charts and maps
Names
J.W. Norie & Co. (Publisher)
Norie, J. W. (John William), 1772-1843 (Surveyor)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1856
Place: London
Publisher: J.W. Norie & Co.
Library Location
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 97-6023 [LHS 254, rolled]
Subjects
Atlantic Coast (Middle Atlantic States)
Gulf Coast (U.S.) -- Maps
Nautical charts -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Nautical charts -- Gulf Coast (U.S.)
Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- Maps
Genres
Notes
Content: Additions 1856.
Content: Backed with blue paper and edged with cloth, including cloth ties at left side of map.
Content: Hand col. in red and yellow to show lights and lighthouses.
Content: In lower margin of each of the original sheets: A New Edition. London, Published as the Act directs, March 1st 1837, by J.W. Norie & Co., at the Navigation Warehouse [& or and] Naval Academy, no. 157 Leadenhall Street.
Content: Includes numerous notes, 12 insets (including extension from Florida to mouth of Mississippi River), and 6 panoramic views of selected portions of the coastline.
Content: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 254.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Oriented with north toward the upper right.
Content: Nautical chart.
Content: Originally printed on 5 sheets which have been trimmed and assembled on paper backing to form a single long rolled sheet.
Content: Relief shown by hachures in selected areas. Depths shown by soundings.
Statement Of Responsibility: a new edition corrected & improved by J.W. Norie, hydrographer, &c., 1837.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 75 x 269 cm.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 45199709
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14915642
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0b6fd3f0-c5d5-012f-dfb3-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1856
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A chart of the coast of America : from New York and Philadelphia to the Strait or Gulf of Florida, and from thence to the Mississippi" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1856. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0b6fd3f0-c5d5-012f-dfb3-58d385a7bc34
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1856). A chart of the coast of America : from New York and Philadelphia to the Strait or Gulf of Florida, and from thence to the Mississippi Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0b6fd3f0-c5d5-012f-dfb3-58d385a7bc34
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A chart of the coast of America : from New York and Philadelphia to the Strait or Gulf of Florida, and from thence to the Mississippi" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0b6fd3f0-c5d5-012f-dfb3-58d385a7bc34
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