The harbor of Holmes' Hole: the harbor of Tarpaulin Cove
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Item data
Title
The harbor of Holmes' Hole: the harbor of Tarpaulin Cove
Collection
Maps of North America
Countries
United States (except New York)
States
Massachusetts
Names
United States Coast Survey (Publisher)
Mathiot, G. (Creator)
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 (Creator)
McClery, M. I. (Draftsman)
Sherman & Smith (Engraver)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1860 (Questionable)
Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: U.S. Coast Survey
Library Location
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 16-783
Subjects
Nautical charts -- Massachusetts -- Homes Holes
Nautical charts -- Massachusetts -- Vineyard Haven
Nautical charts -- Massachusetts -- Tarpaulin Cove
Homes Hole (Mass.)
Vineyard Haven (Mass.)
Tarpaulin Cove (Mass.)
Genres
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: Founded upon a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States.
Content: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and shading.
Content: At the head of each title: Harbor of refuge no.
Statement Of Responsibility: Final reduction for engraving by M.I. McClery, draughtsman.
Statement Of Responsibility: Electrotype copy no. 1 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S.
Content: Includes table of tides and notes on sailing directions.
Statement Of Responsibility: In lower right margin: Engraved by Sherman & Smith, N.Y.
Content: In upper left margin: Harbor map no.
Date: "Buoys corrected to Jan. 1860."
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 2 maps on 1 sheet ; 24 x 34 cm and 18 x 34 cm, sheet 53 x 43 cm
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 957556694
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21076205
Other local Identifier: US092.4.06
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2e586320-52ae-0134-7e56-00505686a51c
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1860
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "The harbor of Holmes' Hole: the harbor of Tarpaulin Cove" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1860. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2e586320-52ae-0134-7e56-00505686a51c
APA format
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1860). The harbor of Holmes' Hole: the harbor of Tarpaulin Cove Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2e586320-52ae-0134-7e56-00505686a51c
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "The harbor of Holmes' Hole: the harbor of Tarpaulin Cove" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2e586320-52ae-0134-7e56-00505686a51c
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