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A new and accurate chart (from Captain Holland's surveys) of the North American Coast, for the navigation between Philadelphia and Florida

Title
A new and accurate chart (from Captain Holland's surveys) of the North American Coast, for the navigation between Philadelphia and 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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CartographicUse in library Map Div. 97-6020Schwarzman Building S4 - Map Division Room 117

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Additional Authors
Holland, N., Captain.
Description
1 map : hand col.; 78 x 247 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 248.
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Subjects
Note
  • Depths shown by soundings.
  • Last 4 words of title, "between Philadelphia and Florida," are printed on strip of paper pasted onto cartouche.
  • Oriented with north to the upper right.
  • "For a particular description of the Gulf Stream, the reader is referred to Laurie and Whittle's New general chart of the West Indies, published in 1809 ..."
  • Originally printed on 4 sheets which have been assembled to form a single long sheet.
  • Backed with blue paper.
  • Annotated with yellow and red color to show lighthouses.
  • Includes 4 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 -- 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.
Call Number
Map Div. 97-6020
OCLC
45193985
Author
Laurie & Whittle.
Title
A new and accurate chart (from Captain Holland's surveys) of the North American Coast, for the navigation between Philadelphia and 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 71⁰40ʹ/N 41⁰00ʹ--N 22⁰15ʹ).
Local Note
NYPL copy edged with cloth.
NYPL copy has ms. notation in ink on verso: Charts N.A. Coast 1799, 1809.
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Added Author
Holland, N., Captain.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 97-6020 [LHS 248, rolled]
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