Statement Of Responsibility: Founded upon a trigonometrical survey under the direction of Alexr. D. Bache, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States ; triangulation by C.M. Eakin, assistant ; topography by H.L. Whiting, assistant ; hydrography under the direction of G.S. Blake, lieut. comg., U.S. Navy.
Content: Shows bottom types, buoys, and lighthouses.
Content: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and shading.
Content: Includes notes, tide information, lighthouses and sailing directions.
Content: Also includes 5 topographical views: Outward view from Butler's Flat buoy, Clark's L.H. open to westward of Round Hill -- Range of Fort Pt. and Fairhaven wharf from Butler's Flat -- Range for entering East Channel 6 1/2 f. -- View of the west entrance of New Bedford Harbor in 4 1/2 fathoms last of ebb. on a mid line between Sand Spit and Dumpling Light.
Date: "Published in 1846."
Content: "No. 350" -- top left margin.
Statement Of Responsibility: "Electrotype copy no. 3 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S." -- top right margin.
Statement Of Responsibility: "Drawn by H.L. Whiting, assistant." -- lower left margin.
Statement Of Responsibility: "Engraved by Sherman & Smith, New York"-- lower right margin.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map ; 42 x 34 cm, on sheet 61 x 48 cm

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 958826308
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20645028
Other local Identifier: US094.2.02
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1dd75ef0-6bd3-0134-fbaa-00505686a51c

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1870

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "The harbor of New Bedford" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1870. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1dd75ef0-6bd3-0134-fbaa-00505686a51c

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1870). The harbor of New Bedford Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1dd75ef0-6bd3-0134-fbaa-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "The harbor of New Bedford" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 12, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1dd75ef0-6bd3-0134-fbaa-00505686a51c

Wikipedia citation

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