Boston Bay and approaches
Item Information
- Title:
- Boston Bay and approaches
- Title (alt.):
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Coast charts no. 10 & 11, Massachusetts Bay with the Coast from Cape Ann to Cape Cod
Massachusetts Bay with the Coast from Cape Ann to Cape Cod
- Description:
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As part of its mission to provide navigational aids for the entire country, the U.S. Coast Survey published charts at various scales. Some covered small geographical areas, such as harbors. Others, such as this one showing the approaches to Boston Bay, covered larger lengths of the coast line. Published at a scale of 1:80,000, it depicted the Massachusetts coast line from Cape Ann to Scituate. Like other Coast Survey charts, it included numerous depth soundings along the coast and in the primary harbors, as well as detailed topographic information about a mile inland from the shoreline.
- Creator:
- United States Coast Survey
- Contributor:
- Boutelle, C. O. (Charles Otis)
- Contributor:
- Cram, Thomas Jefferson, 1807?-1883
- Contributor:
- Whiting, Henry L.
- Contributor:
- Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867
- Contributor:
- Peirce, Benjamin, 1809-1880
- Contributor:
- Totten, Joseph Gilbert, 1788-1864
- Contributor:
- Boschke, A.
- Contributor:
- Hergesheimer, E. (Edwin)
- Contributor:
- McCoy, G.
- Contributor:
- Enthoffer, J. (Joseph), 1818-1901
- Contributor:
- Mathiot, G.
- Contributor:
- Davis, Charles Henry, 1807-1877
- Name on Item:
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triangulation by C.O. Boutelle and Capt. T.J. Cram, U.S.A. assis. ; topography by H.L. Whiting ... [et al.] ; hydrography by the parties under the command of C.H. Davis ... [et al.]. Massachusetts Bay with the coast from Cape Ann to Cape Cod / from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache
- Date:
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1866
- Format:
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Maps/Atlases
- Location:
- Private Collection
- Collection (local):
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Mapping Boston Collection
- Subjects:
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Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Boston Bay
Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Massachusetts Bay
Boston Bay (Mass.)--Navigation
Massachusetts Bay (Mass.)--Navigation
- Places:
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MassachusettsBoston Harbor
- Extent:
- 1 map ; 76 x 96 cm.
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
- Publisher:
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[Washington, D.C.] :
United States Coast Survey
- Scale:
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Scale 1:80,000
- Language:
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English
- Notes:
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Depths shown by shading, Isolines, and soundings.
Relief shown by hachures.
Collective title: Coast charts no. 10 & 11, Massachusetts Bay with the Coast from Cape Ann to Cape Cod.
"The hydrography of Boston Bay and Harbor is from a resurvey made under the direction of the U.S. Harbor Commission, consisting of Genl. J.G. Totten ... A.D. Bache ... and C.H. Davis by A. Boschke in 1862, '63 and '64."
Oriented with north toward upper right corner.
Includes tables of light houses and tides, and information on soundings and buoys.
- Identifier:
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06_01_001160
- Barcode:
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39999052508155
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