COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
United States Coast Survey
Date:
1844
Short Title:
Map of New-York Bay And Harbor And The Environs.
Publisher:
U.S.
Publisher Location:
Washington
Type:
Chart Map
Obj Height cm:
165
Obj Width cm:
162
Scale 1:
30,600
Note:
6 sheets; first engraved chart issued by the U.S. Coast Survey. Without color. Hassler's "Magnum Opus" was not completed until a year after his death. This huge chart is the first major production of the survey, begun by Hassler in response to critic's charges that he was not producing usable charts for navigators, and finished by Bache. A smaller single sheet version was issued in 1845.
Reference:
Guthorn p18-19,71; Schwartz & Ehrenberg p271.
State/Province:
New York
City:
New York (N.Y.)
Region:
New York Bay
Full Title:
Map of New-York Bay And Harbor And The Environs. Founded upon a Trigonometrical Survey under the direction of F.R. Hassler Superintendent of the Survey Of The Coast Of The United States. Triangulation by James Ferguson and Edmund Blunt Assistants. The Hydrology ... Thomas R. Gedney ... Topography by C. Renard and T.A. Jenkins ... Published in 1844. Presented to The University of Vermont ... A.D. Bache Superintendent, Coast Survey.
List No:
2491.000
Series No:
1
Engraver or Printer:
Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862
Engraver or Printer:
Ferguson, James
Engraver or Printer:
Gedney, Thomas R.
Engraver or Printer:
Jenkins, T.A.
Engraver or Printer:
Renard, C.
Publication Author:
United States Coast Survey
Pub Date:
1844
Pub Title:
Map of New-York Bay And Harbor And The Environs. Founded upon a Trigonometrical Survey under the direction of F.R. Hassler Superintendent of the Survey Of The Coast Of The United States. Triangulation by James Ferguson and Edmund Blunt Assistants. The Hydrology ... Thomas R. Gedney ... Topography by C. Renard and T.A. Jenkins ... Published in 1844. Presented to The University of Vermont ... A.D. Bache Superintendent, Coast Survey.
Pub Reference:
Guthorn p18-19,71; Schwartz & Ehrenberg p271.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
2491.000
Pub Type:
Chart Map
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
165
Pub Width cm:
162
Image No:
2491000
Authors:
United States Coast Survey
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
