Map of New-York Bay and Harbor and the environs : [with colored manuscript additions to show positions of troops and fleets at the Battle of Long Island, 1776]

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Title:
Map of New-York Bay and Harbor and the environs : [with colored manuscript additions to show positions of troops and fleets at the Battle of Long Island, 1776]
Creator:
United States Coast Survey
Contributor:
Hassler, F. R. (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843
Contributor:
Ferguson, James, 1797-1867
Contributor:
Blunt, Edmund M.
Contributor:
Gedney, Thomas R.
Contributor:
Renard, C.
Contributor:
Jenkins, T. A.
Contributor:
Sands, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1811-1883
Contributor:
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867
Contributor:
Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883
Contributor:
Siebert, Selmar
Contributor:
Rollé, A.
Contributor:
Lawson, Oscar A., 1813-1854
Contributor:
Farley, John, 1802 or 1803-1874
Contributor:
Dankworth, Frederick, approximately 1804-
Contributor:
Knight, J. (Jonathan), 1787-1858
Contributor:
Mathiot, G.
Name on Item:
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. ; A.D. Bache superintendent ; verified by Lieut. A.A. Humphreys, topl. engrs. assistant, U.S. Coast Survey.
Date:
1845
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
New York Public Library
Collection (local):
Maps of New York City and State
Subjects:
New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)--Maps
Harbors--New York (State)--New York Metropolitan Area--Maps
Nautical charts--New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
Nautical charts--New York (State)--New York Metropolitan Area
Long Island, Battle of, New York, N.Y., 1776--Maps
New York (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps
Places:
New York
Extent:
1 map ; 61 x 88 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
[Washington, D.C.] : Survey of the Coast of the United States
Scale:
Scale 1:80,000
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ee0a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Notes:
Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings.
"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."
Prime meridians: New York and Greenwich.
In upper right margin: Electrotype copy no. 7, by G. Mathiot U.S.C.S.
Annotated with red and blue ink to show positions of troops and fleets at the Battle of Long Island.
Includes text, table of currents, and 4 coastal panoramas.