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The coast of the United States from New York to St. Augustine (4th sheet) Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862, 1827

The coast of the United States from New York to St. Augustine (4th sheet) / Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862 / 1827
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Full Title: (The coast of the United States of North America; from New York to St. Augustine. 4th sheet. Drawn and regulated according the the latest surveys and astronomical observations by Edmund Blunt). New York: published by E. & G.W. Blunt, 154 Water Street, corner of Maiden Lane. Engraved & printed by W. Hooker, 202 Water Street, New York.

Author: Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862

Date: 1827

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Author: Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862

Date: 1827

Short Title: The coast of the United States from New York to St. Augustine (4th sheet)

Publisher: New York: E. & G.W. Blunt.

Type: Chart Map

Object Height cm: 63

Object Width cm: 95

Scale 1: 900,000

Note: Fourth of 4-sheet engraved nautical chart. Depths shown by soundings. Light house coloring added by hand in red. Oriented with north toward right.

Reference: Guthorn, United States coastal charts, p. 9.

State / Province: U.S. South

Full Title: (The coast of the United States of North America; from New York to St. Augustine. 4th sheet. Drawn and regulated according the the latest surveys and astronomical observations by Edmund Blunt). New York: published by E. & G.W. Blunt, 154 Water Street, corner of Maiden Lane. Engraved & printed by W. Hooker, 202 Water Street, New York.

List No: 4662.008

Series No: 9

Engraver or Printer: Hooker, William

Published In: (Atlas of 4 charts on 10 sheets) The north eastern coast of North America from New York to Cape Canso including Sable Island by Edmund Blunt. Published & Sold by E. & G.W. Blunt, No. 154 Water Street ... G. Ely Sct. Engd. by D.R. Harrison. Entered ... 22nd day of July 1828, by Edmund Blunt ... New York (3 sheets); The coast of the United States of North America from New York to St. Augustine: drawn and regulated according to the latest surveys and astronomical observation: by Edmund Blunt ... (4 sheets, 1827); The Bahama Banks and Gulf of Florida by Edmund Blunt Hydrographer ... (2 sheets, 1827); The coasts of West Florida, Alabama, Mississippi & Louisiana: Drawn from the surveys of Gauld, and improved from other authorities by Edmund Blunt (1 sheet, 1828).

Publication Author: E. & G.W. Blunt (Firm)

Publication Date: 1828

Publication Reference: cf Phillips. 3661; Guthorn. p.9-10, 56, 92-93, 160-161.

Publication Note: An unusual made up atlas of Blunt's charts in excellent condition, bound in quarter leather marbled paper covered boards for a French owner, with a small leather label on the spine: "Blunt. Ameriq. Septentrionale." The four charts on 10 sheets are all in first editions. Atlases of Blunt's charts are rare, with the Library of Congress atlas of 14 charts on 29 sheets the only other one we have seen.

Publication List No: 4662.000

Publication Type: Chart Atlas

Publication Maps: 10

Publication Height cm: 67

Publication Width cm: 53

Image No: 4662008

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