COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
(The Bahama Banks and Gulf of Florida. East sheet)
Obj Height cm:
98
Obj Width cm:
62
Scale 1:
910,000
Note:
Eastern sheet of 2-sheet engraved nautical chart. Depths shown by soundings. Light house coloring added by hand in red. Includes 14 coastal profiles.
Reference:
cf Guthorn, United States coastal charts, p. 10, 156 -158 (1834-1860 eds.)
Full Title:
(The Bahama Banks and Gulf of Florida by Edmund Blunt, hydrographer. East sheet. Engd. by R.M. Gaw, N.Y. Entered according to Act of Congress , the 30th day of October 1826 by E. & G.W. Blunt, of the State of New York. New York: published by E. & G.W. Blunt, 1827)
List No:
4662.010
Series No:
11
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 Maps:
10
Pub Height cm:
67
Pub Width cm:
53
Image No:
4662010
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
E. & G.W. Blunt.
Type:
Chart Map
Country:
Bahamas
State/Province:
Florida
Engraver or Printer:
Gaw, R. M.
Publication Author:
E. & G.W. Blunt (Firm)
Pub Type:
Chart Atlas
Author:
Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862
Author:
Gauld, George.
Date:
1827
(The Bahama Banks and Gulf of Florida. East sheet)
