COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Composite: Bahama Banks, Gulf of Florida.
Obj Height cm:
98
Obj Width cm:
64
Scale 1:
910,000
Note:
Two-sheet engraved nautical chart, with inset. 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:
(Composite of) The Bahama Banks and Gulf of Florida by Edmund Blunt, hydrographer. (with) Chart of Key West by George Gauld. 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:
4662.012
Series No:
13
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:
4662012
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
E. & G.W. Blunt.
Type:
Chart Map
Country:
Bahamas
State/Province:
Florida
Region:
Key West (Fla.)
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
Composite: Bahama Banks, Gulf of Florida.
