COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Fisher's Island Sound.
Obj Height cm:
38
Obj Width cm:
44
Scale 1:
40,000
Note:
Engraved nautical chart. Relief shown by hachures; depths by soundings. Includes sailing directions and descriptive notes. In upper margin "Presented under authority of an act of Congress of the United States of June 3d 1844 by direction of the Treasury Department, A.D. Bache Superintendent Coast Survey."
Reference:
PMaps, p. 278.
Full Title:
Fisher's Island Sound. 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 W.H. Swift, Captain Topl. Engineers. Hydrography by the party under the command of G.S. Blake, Lieutenant, U.S. Navy. Topography by F.H. Gerdes assistant. Republished in 1847 with additions. A.D. Bache Superintendent. Final reduction for engraving by J.B. Gluck, draughtsman. Engraved by J.V.N. Throop, Washington, D.C. and corrected at the Coast Survey Office. Electrotype copy no. 2 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S. (with logo) U.S. Coast Survey Depot.
List No:
2470.010
Series No:
14
Pub Date:
1854
Pub Title:
(Covers to) Maps and charts of the United States Coast Survey. A.D. Bache, Superintendent. To July, 1854.
Pub Reference:
P1269; U.S. Atlases L 167.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
2470.000
Pub Maps:
57
Pub Height cm:
31
Pub Width cm:
28
Image No:
2470010
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2007
Publisher Location:
Washington
Publisher:
U.S.
Type:
Atlas Map
Type:
Chart Map
State/Province:
Connecticut
State/Province:
New York
Engraver or Printer:
Blake, G. S.
Engraver or Printer:
Gerdes, Ferd. H.
Engraver or Printer:
Gluck, J. B.
Engraver or Printer:
Mathiot, G.
Engraver or Printer:
Swift, W. H.
Engraver or Printer:
Throop, J.V.N.
Publication Author:
Bache, A. D.
Publication Author:
United States Coast Survey
Pub Type:
Chart Atlas
Author:
Bache, A. D.
Author:
Hassler, F. R.
Date:
1847
Fisher's Island Sound.
