COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
United States Coast Survey
Date:
1845
Short Title:
New York Bay And Harbor.
Publisher:
U.S.
Publisher Location:
Washington
Type:
Chart Map
Obj Height cm:
64
Obj Width cm:
90
Scale 1:
79,200
Note:
Smaller version of first copper plate chart of Survey. The first lithographed chart was published in 1839, of New York Bay. This is a reduction of the large six sheet Chart of New York Bay, edition of 1844, the first copper plate chart. Map is edged in green silk, dissected into 15 sections and mounted on linen. Full color. Folds up with marbled end sheets with a label printed with the above title in ms, and below that, a label printed with "... Durate. S. Alofsen." Map lies in a new tan cloth folding case 23x20 with "New York Bay & Harbor U.S. Coast Survey 1845" stamped on the spine in gold.
Reference:
Guthorn 72; Schwartz & Ehrenberg p269,271.
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 Hydrography under the direction of Thomas R. Gedney Lieutenant U.S. Navy. The Topography by C. Renard, T.A. Jenkins & B.F. Sands Assists. Published in 1845. A.D. Bache Superintendent. Verified by Lieut. A.A. Humphreys ... Topography Engraved by S. Siebert & A. Rolle, Views Engraved by O.A. Lawson. Engraving supervised & Views of the Coast drawn by J. Farley. Hydrography Engraved by F. Dankworth, Lettering by F. Dankworth & J. Knight.
List No:
1018.001
Series No:
2
Engraver or Printer:
Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862
Engraver or Printer:
Dankworth, Frederick, b. ca. 1804
Engraver or Printer:
Farley, J.
Engraver or Printer:
Ferguson, James
Engraver or Printer:
Jenkins, T.A.
Engraver or Printer:
Knight, J.
Engraver or Printer:
Lawson, O. A.
Engraver or Printer:
Renard, C.
Engraver or Printer:
Rolle, A.
Engraver or Printer:
Sands, B. F.
Engraver or Printer:
Siebert, Selmar
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 Hydrography under the direction of Thomas R. Gedney Lieutenant U.S. Navy. The Topography by C. Renard, T.A. Jenkins & B.F. Sands Assists. Published in 1845. A.D. Bache Superintendent. Verified by Lieut. A.A. Humphreys ... Topography Engraved by S. Siebert & A. Rolle, Views Engraved by O.A. Lawson. Engraving supervised & Views of the Coast drawn by J. Farley. Hydrography Engraved by F. Dankworth, Lettering by F. Dankworth & J. Knight.
Pub Reference:
Guthorn 72; Schwartz & Ehrenberg p269,271.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
1018.000
Pub Type:
Chart Map
Pub Height cm:
23
Pub Width cm:
20
Image No:
1018001
Authors:
United States Coast Survey
Link To Source
New York Bay And Harbor.
