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A new and accurate chart (from Captain Holland's surveys) of the North American Coast, for the navigation between Cape Cod in New England and the Havanna in the Gulf of Florida

Title
A new and accurate chart (from Captain Holland's surveys) of the North American Coast, for the navigation between Cape Cod in New England and the Havanna in the Gulf of Florida / respectfully inscribed to His Excellency Thomas Jefferson, president of the United States of North America, by his most obedient humble servants, Rob[er]t Laurie and Ja[me]s Whittle.
Author
Laurie & Whittle.
Publication
London : Rob[er]t Laurie & James Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, 1st Nov[em]ber 1808 [i.e. 1809?]

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Additional Authors
Holland, N., Captain.
Description
1 map : hand col.; 78 x [28-?] cm.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 249.
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Subjects
Note
  • Depths shown by soundings.
  • "This chart is accompanied by the book entitled 'Laurie and Whittle's new sailing directions for the coasts and harbours of North America.' An improved edition, 1809."
  • Oriented with north to the upper right.
  • Originally printed on 4 sheets which have been assembled to form a single long sheet.
  • Annotated with yellow and red color to show lighthouses.
  • Backed with blue paper.
  • Includes 6 views, notes, and "Table of the principal courses and distances, from Delaware River to the Havanna."
  • Insets: Plan of the entrance and harbour of St. Augustin -- Plan of the mouth of Nassau River -- The inlet of St. Marys River -- Plan of the harbour of Port Royal -- Plan of the bar and harbour of Charleston -- Plan of Delaware Bay and River, by Joshua Fisher, with improvements -- Chart of New York Harbour.
Call Number
Map Div. 97-6021
OCLC
45193716
Author
Laurie & Whittle.
Title
A new and accurate chart (from Captain Holland's surveys) of the North American Coast, for the navigation between Cape Cod in New England and the Havanna in the Gulf of Florida / respectfully inscribed to His Excellency Thomas Jefferson, president of the United States of North America, by his most obedient humble servants, Rob[er]t Laurie and Ja[me]s Whittle.
Imprint
London : Rob[er]t Laurie & James Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, 1st Nov[em]ber 1808 [i.e. 1809?]
Edition
An improved edition, with many additions.
Cartographic Data
Scale [ca. 1:770,000] (W 86⁰10ʹ--W 70⁰00ʹ/N 42⁰00ʹ--N 22⁰15ʹ).
Local Note
NYPL copy imperfect: lacks northeasternmost edge of map covering Cape Cod.
NYPL copy has ms. note in ink on verso: American Coast by Laurie & Whittle, 1809.
NYPL copy has label pasted on verso: 155.
NYPL Map Div. lacks accompanying book; later ed. of book in KAT p.v.261.
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Added Author
Holland, N., Captain.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 97-6021 [LHS 249, rolled]
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