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COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862
Author:
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824
Author:
Taber, W. C.
Author:
Wadsworth, A. S. (Alex. S.)
Date:
1828
Short Title:
The north eastern coast, North America, New York to Cape Canso (west sheet)
Publisher:
E. & G.W. Blunt.
Publisher Location:
New York
Type:
Chart Map
Obj Height cm:
99
Obj Width cm:
64
Scale 1:
910,000
Note:
West sheet of 3-sheet engraved nautical chart. Includes 2 insets. Extends south to Barnigat Inlet, N.J. Depths shown by soundings. Light house coloring added by hand in red. Guthorn notes subsequent eds. in 1844, 1847 and 1848.
Reference:
Guthorn, United States coastal charts, p. 10.
State/Province:
Massachusetts
State/Province:
U.S. North East
City:
Boston (Mass.)
Region:
Mid Atlantic States
Region:
New England
Full Title:
(The north eastern coast of North America from New York to Cape Canso including Sable Island by Edmund Blunt. West sheet. (with) Buzzards Bay drawn from the survey of Des Barres and information furnished by W.C. Taber ... (with) Boston Harbour from the survey of A.S. Wadsworth, U.S.N. and the chart of Des Barres. Published & Sold by E. & G.W. Blunt, No. 154 Water Street, corner of Maiden Lane, New York. G. Ely Sct. Engd. by D.R. Harrison. Entered ... 22nd day of July 1828, by Edmund Blunt of the State of New York)
List No:
4662.003
Series No:
4
Engraver or Printer:
Ely, G.
Engraver or Printer:
Harrison, D. R.
Publication Author:
E. & G.W. Blunt (Firm)
Pub Date:
1828
Pub Title:
(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).
Pub Reference:
cf Phillips. 3661; Guthorn. p.9-10, 56, 92-93, 160-161.
Pub 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.
Pub List No:
4662.000
Pub Type:
Chart Atlas
Pub Maps:
10
Pub Height cm:
67
Pub Width cm:
53
Image No:
4662003
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Authors:
Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862; Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824; Taber, W. C.; Wadsworth, A. S. (Alex. S.)
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
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The north eastern coast, North America, New York to Cape Canso (west sheet)

The north eastern coast, North America, New York to Cape Canso (west sheet)