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Preliminary chart of St. John's River, Florida: from entrance to Brown's Creek

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Title

Preliminary chart of St. John's River, Florida: from entrance to Brown's Creek

Collection

Maps of North America
Countries
United States (except New York)
States
Florida

Names

United States Coast Survey (Publisher)
Evans, A. W., Lieutenant (Creator)
Fairfield, G. A. (Creator)
Harrison, A. M. (Alexander Medina), 1829-1881 (Creator)
Bache, Richard Meade (Creator)
Craven, Tunis A. M., 1813-1864 (Creator)
Wainright, W. (Creator)
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 (Creator)
Balbach, Arthur (Draftsman)
Schultz, Wm. P. (William P.) (Draftsman)
Barnard, H. S. (Engraver)
Mathiot, G. (Creator)
Petersen, A. (Engraver)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1856
Place: Washington, D.C.?
Publisher: U.S. Coast Survey

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 17-601

Subjects

Nautical charts -- Florida -- Saint Johns River
Rivers -- Florida
Nautical charts
Rivers
Saint Johns River (Fla.)
Florida
Florida -- Saint Johns River

Genres

Maps
Bathymetric Maps
Nautical Charts

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: U.S. Coast Survey, A.D. Bache, Suptd. ; redd. drng. by A. Balbach & W.P. Schultz ; engd. by H.S. Barnard & A. Petersen.
Statement Of Responsibility: "Triangulation by Lieut. A.W. Evans, U.S.A. & G.A. Fairfield, assists. ; topography by A.M. Harrison, assist. & R.M. Bache, sub-asst. ; hydrography by the parties under the command of Lietus. Comdg. T.A. Craven & R. Wainwright, U.S. Navy assistants."
Statement Of Responsibility: "Eclectrotype copy no. 1 by G. Mathiot, U. S. C. S."-- top right margin.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map ; 48 x 58 cm, on sheet 50 x 59 cm

Abstract

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by shading and soundings. Includes text, tide information and key to abbreviations. "No. 27" -- top left margin.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 938988275
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21198469
Folder number: US055.2.02
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 16a97970-1400-0135-97c3-21d5624210a3

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1856

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Preliminary chart of St. John's River, Florida: from entrance to Brown's Creek" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1856. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/16a97970-1400-0135-97c3-21d5624210a3

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1856). Preliminary chart of St. John's River, Florida: from entrance to Brown's Creek Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/16a97970-1400-0135-97c3-21d5624210a3

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Preliminary chart of St. John's River, Florida: from entrance to Brown's Creek" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/16a97970-1400-0135-97c3-21d5624210a3

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