COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Composite: Delaware Bay, River.
Obj Height cm:
193
Obj Width cm:
90
Scale 1:
80,000
Note:
Digital composite of engraved nautical chart on 3 sheets. Relief shown by hachures; depths by soundings. Includes 7 coastal views and descriptive notes on the survey, sailing directions, tides and currents. Oriented with north toward upper left. Prime meridians: Greenwich and New York. 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:
Guthorn, p. 77.
Full Title:
(Composite of) Map of Delaware Bay and River. Founded upon a trigonometrical survey under the direction of F.R. Hassler and A.D. Bache, Superintendents of the Survey of the Coast of the United States. Triangulation by F.R. Hassler, assts. J. Ferguson, E. Blunt, C.M. Eakin, F.H. Gerdes, J.J.S. Hassler & J.E. Johnstone, Capt. Topl. Engrs. Topography by assistants W.M. Boyce, F.H. Gerdes, J.J.S. Hassler, H.L. Whiting, G.D. Wise & B.F. Sands, U.S.N. Hydrography by the party under the command of G.S. Blake, Lieutenant U.S. Navy. Soundings outside the capes under the direction of T.R. Gedney and G.M. Bache, Lieutenants U.S. Navy. Published in 1848. A.D. Bache, Superintendent. Final reduction for engraving of topography by W.M.C. Fairfax, asstist. & of hydrography by Lt. J.B. Dale, U.S.N. Engraved by F. Dankworth, assisted by O.A. Lawson. Views engraved by O.A. Lawson. Lettering by J. Knight. (with logo) U.S. Coast Survey Depot. Electrotype copy no. 4 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S.
List No:
2470.025
Series No:
29
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:
2470025
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2007
Publisher Location:
Washington
Publisher:
U.S.
Type:
Chart Map
Type:
Composite Map
State/Province:
Delaware
State/Province:
New Jersey
State/Province:
Pennsylvania
Region:
Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.)
Region:
Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
Engraver or Printer:
Blake, G. S.
Engraver or Printer:
Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862
Engraver or Printer:
Boyce, W. M.
Engraver or Printer:
Eakin, C. M.
Engraver or Printer:
Ferguson, James
Engraver or Printer:
Gedney, Thomas R.
Engraver or Printer:
Gerdes, Ferd. H.
Engraver or Printer:
Hassler, J. J. S.
Engraver or Printer:
Johnstone, J. E.
Engraver or Printer:
Sands, B. F.
Engraver or Printer:
Whiting, H.L.
Engraver or Printer:
Wise, G. D.
Publication Author:
Bache, A. D.
Publication Author:
United States Coast Survey
Pub Type:
Chart Atlas
Author:
Bache, A. D.
Author:
Hassler, F. R.
Date:
1848
Composite: Delaware Bay, River.
