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Title
Preliminary chart of Waccasassa Bay, Florida
Names
United States Coast Survey (Publisher)
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 (Creator)
Gerdes, F. H. (Creator)
Huger, Benjamin, 1805-1877 (Creator)
Harrison, A. M. (Alexander Medina), 1829-1881 (Creator)
Berryman, O. H. (Creator)
Duer, J. K. (Creator)
Smith, M. L. (Martin Luther), 1819-1866 (Creator)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

States

Florida

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1856
Place: Washington, D.C.?
Publisher: U.S. Coast Survey
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 17-608
Topics
Nautical charts -- Florida -- Waccasassa Bay
Bays -- Florida
Waccasassa Bay (Fla.)
Genres
Maps
Bathymetric maps
Nautical charts
Notes
Statement of responsibility: From a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States.
Content: Depths shown by bathymetric isolines and by soundings.
Content: Includes text, tide information and key to abbreviations.
Statement of responsibility: "Triangulation by F.H. Gerdes, asst. & B. Huger Jr., sub. asst.; topography by by F.H. Gerdes & A.M. Harrison, assts. U.S.C.S.; hydrography by the party under the command of Lieut. O.H. Berryman, & J.K. Duer, U. S. Navy assist."
Statement of responsibility: "U.S. Coast Survey Office: verified, M.L. Smith, capt. of top. engrs., asst. in charge of office."
Content: "No. 31" -- top left margin.
Date: "The triangulation was executed in 1854 & 1856. The topography [was executed in] 1852, 1854 & 1856. The hydrography [was executed in] 1856."
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map ; 46 x 46 cm, on sheet 50 x 49 cm
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 976169560
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21198482
Folder number: US055.3.04
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): af48b0e0-16ff-0135-3cde-2b19389ea129
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1856: Issued
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Preliminary chart of Waccasassa Bay, Florida " The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1856. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bfb39360-16ff-0135-f52c-67def0bc479b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Preliminary chart of Waccasassa Bay, Florida " New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bfb39360-16ff-0135-f52c-67def0bc479b

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1856). Preliminary chart of Waccasassa Bay, Florida Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bfb39360-16ff-0135-f52c-67def0bc479b

Wikipedia Citation

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Preliminary chart of Waccasassa Bay, Florida