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Nantucket Harbor

Description:

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Shows bottom types, buoys, and lighthouses. Includes information on tides, sailing directions, and 2 views of approaches to the harbor. "Reduction by J.M. Wampler, draughtsman. Views by J. Robertson. Engraving of topography &c. by F. Dankworth & O.A. Lawson, assisted by J.H. Young. Views by O.A. Lawson. Lettering by J. Knight & W. Smith. Printed by H. Benner."--Lower margin. "Harbor map no."--Upper left margin. "Electrotype Copy No. 1 by G. Mathiot U.S.C.S."-Upper right margin. Differs from another ed. of 1848 without printer's name in lower margin, and with text in upper center margin: "Presented to ... under the authority of an act of the Congress of the United States of June 3d, 1844 ..."

Resource Link:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9976836883506421

Identifier:

ark:/88435/6682x6485

Language:

en and English

Creator:

United States Coast Survey

Publisher:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Coast Survey Office, 1848.

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Image

Subject:

Harbors—Massachusetts—Nantucket—Maps, Nantucket (Mass.)—Maps, Nantucket Harbor (Mass.)—Maps, Maps—Massachusetts—Nantucket Harbor—1848, Nautical charts—Massachusetts—Nantucket Harbor—1848, and Maps

Theme:

Harbors—Massachusetts—Nantucket—Maps, Nantucket (Mass.)—Maps, Nantucket Harbor (Mass.)—Maps, Maps—Massachusetts—Nantucket Harbor—1848, Nautical charts—Massachusetts—Nantucket Harbor—1848, and Maps

Spatial Coverage:

Massachusetts

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

TIFF