A chart of the sea coasts of New-England, New-Jarsey, Virginia, Maryland and Carolina : from C. Cod to C. Hatteras

Item data

Title

A chart of the sea coasts of New-England, New-Jarsey, Virginia, Maryland and Carolina : from C. Cod to C. Hatteras

Collection

Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlases
Atlases
Atlas terrestris, or, A book of mapps of all the empires, monarchies, kingdomes, regions, dominions, principalities, and countreys in the whole world : accomodated with a brief description of the nature and quality of each particular countrey

Names

Wit, Frederik de (Cartographer)
Seller, John, active 1658-1698 (Cartographer)
Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679 (Cartographer)
Clerk, James, active 1680-1695 (Engraver)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1680 (Approximate)
Place: London
Publisher: And are to be sold at his shopps in Wapping at the Hermitage and in Exchange-Alley near the Royall-Exchange ...

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 97-6041 ([map 47])[In LHS 316]

Subjects

Atlases
Atlases, British
Maps
Coasts -- Middle Atlantic States
Coasts -- New England
Nautical charts -- Atlantic Coast (Middle Atlantic States)
Nautical charts -- Atlantic Coast (New England)

Genres

Maps

Notes

Content: "Cum privilegio."
Content: A composite atlas consisting of maps by Wit, Visscher, Seller, and others. Most maps undated; dated maps include 1651 and 1664.
Content: Ill. engraved t.p.
Content: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 316.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: NYPL copy has maps numb. by hand in crayon on each verso. Map no. [32], [42], [52], and [54] wanting.
Content: Relief shown pictorially and depths shown by soundings on some maps.
Content: T.p. as well as each map mounted on modern paper. Modern binding. NN
Statement Of Responsibility: by Iohn Seller, hydrographer to the Kings most excellent majestie.
Content: Depths shown by soundings in Chesapeake Bay and south to Cape Hatteras.
Content: Includes decorative cartouche, coats of arms, and other ill.
Content: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 489.
Statement Of Responsibility: by John Seller, hydrogr. to the King ; Iames Clerk sculpsit.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 43 x 54 cm.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 50499738
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15484984
RLIN/OCLC: 50499829
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15484988
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): df21a560-c5d3-012f-1973-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1680

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