COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Bache, A. D.
Author:
Hassler, F. R.
Date:
1848
Short Title:
Black Rock, Bridgeport.
Publisher:
U.S.
Publisher Location:
Washington
Type:
Atlas Map
Type:
Chart Map
Obj Height cm:
47
Obj Width cm:
36
Scale 1:
20,000
Note:
Engraved nautical chart. Relief shown by hachures; depths by soundings. Includes tide and sailing direction notes. In upper margin "Presented under authority of an act of Congress of the United States of June 3d 1844 by direction of the Treasury Department, A.D. Bache Superintendent Coast Survey."
Reference:
Thompson, p. 104; PMaps, p. 173.
State/Province:
Connecticut
City:
Black Rock (Bridgeport, Conn.)
City:
Bridgeport (Conn.)
Region:
Black Rock Harbor (Conn.)
Region:
Bridgeport Harbor (Conn.)
Full Title:
Harbors of Black Rock and Bridgeport. 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 J. Ferguson, assistant. Topography by C.M. Eakin. Hydrography by the party under the command of Lieutenant G.S. Blake, U.S. Navy. Published in 1848. A.D. Bache, Superintendent. Reduction for engraving by M.I. McClery, assistant, with some additions by J.M. Wampler, draughtsman. Topography engraved by S.T. Pettit, apprentice, finished by F. Dankworth, O.A. Lawson & A. Rolle. Lettering by F. Dankworth and J. Knight. Electrotype copy no. 1 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S. (with logo) U.S. Coast Survey Office.
List No:
2470.014
Series No:
18
Engraver or Printer:
Blake, G. S.
Engraver or Printer:
Dankworth, Frederick, b. ca. 1804
Engraver or Printer:
Eakin, C. M.
Engraver or Printer:
Ferguson, James
Engraver or Printer:
Knight, J.
Engraver or Printer:
Lawson, O. A.
Engraver or Printer:
Mathiot, G.
Engraver or Printer:
McClery, M. I.
Engraver or Printer:
Pettit, S. T.
Engraver or Printer:
Rolle, A.
Engraver or Printer:
Wampler, J. M.
Publication Author:
Bache, A. D.
Publication Author:
United States Coast Survey
Pub Date:
1854
Pub Title:
(Covers to) Maps and charts of the United States Coast Survey. A.D. Bache, Superintendent. To July, 1854.
Pub Reference:
P1269; U.S. Atlases L 167.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
2470.000
Pub Type:
Chart Atlas
Pub Maps:
57
Pub Height cm:
31
Pub Width cm:
28
Image No:
2470014
Authors:
Bache, A. D.; Hassler, F. R.
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
