COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Tiddeman, Mark
Author:
Mount and Page
Date:
1742
Short Title:
A Draught of New York from the Hook to New York Town …
Publisher:
Mount and Page
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Chart Map
Obj Height cm:
46
Obj Width cm:
58
Note:
Date estimated.
City:
New York (N.Y.)
Region:
New York Harbor
Subject:
Nautical Charts
Full Title:
A Draught of New York from the Hook to New York Town …
List No:
10836.000
Publication Author:
Tiddeman, Mark
Publication Author:
Mount and Page
Pub Date:
1742
Pub Title:
A Draught of New York from the Hook to New York Town …
Pub Note:
"Important printed chart of New York Harbour, the first printed chart to give a detailed delineation of the immediate approaches to Manhattan Island, extending from ‘Harlam’ and Westchester in the north south to ‘Neversunk’ and the Shrewsbury River, and from Amboy to the full extent of Jamaica Bay on Long Island. The hydrographer, Mark Tiddeman, was a Royal Navy officer, Master of the Tartar, serving on the North American station from 1724 to 1728, when he carried out the surveys for these charts. He subsequently served in Scottish waters, carrying out further surveys, and may be the Tiddeman who commanded a ship at the siege of Louisbourg in 1745, but “Tiddeman” is not as uncommon a name in Royal Navy records of this period as might be expected. Tiddeman’s logbook for the period survives; he was in New York three times: from July to September 1725, July 1726 and May 1728. It seems highly likely that Tiddeman supplemented his naval salary by supplying manuscript materials for publication to Mount and Page, the leading British chartpublishers of the day. This chart, and its companion (below), was first published in The English Pilot. The Fourth Book, published in 1729. This example, with the publishers’ imprint revised to refer to William Mount and Thomas Page, was first issued in 1742. The chart remained the best chart of the area in general circulation until 1776, when the requirements of the Royal Navy during the Revolutionary War saw the publication of a new generation of charts."
Pub List No:
10836.000
Pub Type:
Chart Map
Pub Height cm:
46
Pub Width cm:
58
Image No:
10836000.jp2
Authors:
Tiddeman, Mark; Mount and Page
