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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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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building S4 to submit a request in person. | Cartographic | Use in library | Map Div. 97-6020 | Schwarzman Building S4 - Map Division Room 117 |
Details
- 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.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Holland, N., Captain.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 97-6020 [LHS 248, rolled]