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Map of comparison of Maffitt's Channel, Charleston harbor

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57527062


Item data

Title

Map of comparison of Maffitt's Channel, Charleston harbor

Collection

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

Names

United States Coast Survey (Publisher)
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 (Creator)
Maffitt, John Newland, 1819-1886 (Creator)
Boschke, A. (Draftsman)
Knight, C. A. (Engraver)
P.S. Duval & Co. (Lithographer)
United States Coast Survey (Creator)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1854
Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: U.S. Coast Survey

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 17-681

Subjects

Nautical charts -- South Carolina -- Charleston
Charleston Harbor (S.C.)

Genres

Maps
Nautical Charts
Bathymetric Maps

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: By the hydrographic party under the command of Lieut. J.N. Maffitt, U.S.N. assist.
Statement Of Responsibility: At head of title: (E No. 4) U.S. Coast Survey, A.D. Bache. Supdt.
Statement Of Responsibility: "Redd. drng. by A. Bo[sch?]ke" --lower left margin.
Statement Of Responsibility: "Engd. by [illegible] C.A. Knight" -- lower right margin.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : black and white ; 48 x 48 cm

Abstract

Depths shown by soundings and isolines. "No. 30" --Upper left margin.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 988942199
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21278632
Folder number: US227.2.01
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c3ca1f80-543d-0135-04d2-437cce734145

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1854

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of comparison of Maffitt's Channel, Charleston harbor" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1854. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c3ca1f80-543d-0135-04d2-437cce734145

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1854). Map of comparison of Maffitt's Channel, Charleston harbor Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c3ca1f80-543d-0135-04d2-437cce734145

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of comparison of Maffitt's Channel, Charleston harbor" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c3ca1f80-543d-0135-04d2-437cce734145

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