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Map of the territory of Florida. : from its northern boundary to Lat: 27°, 30' N, connected with the delta of the Mississippi
- Title
- Map of the territory of Florida. : from its northern boundary to Lat: 27°, 30' N, connected with the delta of the Mississippi / drawn and compiled by W.H. Swift Lt. Artillery. ; W.I. Stone sc.
- Author
- Swift, W. H. (William Henry), 1800-1879
- Publication
- [United States] : [publisher not identified], [1829]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person. | Cartographic | Supervised use | Map Div. 15-5694 | Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Stone, William James, 1798-1865
- Description
- 1 map; 68 x 164 cm
- Summary
- Subject: Map of the western part of Florida and the peninsula to the Bay of Tampa. Includes fourteen inset maps and at top includes elevations along the coast of Florida. Also shows the mouth of the Mississippi River and the southern part of Louisiana.
- Alternative Title
- Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US052.3.02
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Maps.
- Note
- Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
- Insets: Gulf of Mexico -- Entrance to St. Mary's harbour -- Entrance to St. John's River -- Entrance to St. Augustine -- Eastern entrance to St. George's Sound -- Entrance to Mobile Bay -- Entrance to Pensacola Bay -- Eastern entrance to St. Rosa Sound -- Entrances to St. Andrew's Sound -- Entrance to St. Joseph's Bay -- Entrance to Appalachicola Bay -- Main entrance to St. George's Sound -- Middle entrance to St. George's Sound -- Entrance to Ocklockony Bay.
- Inset maps surveyed by Lt. Swift, Lts. Canfield and Smith, and Lt. Col. James Kearney.
- Includes facsimile signature at lower right: S. Bemar Brig. Genl. member of the Board of Intal. Improvement; William Tell Poussin Capt. Top. Suy. assistant to the Board.
- "Annexed to the report of the Board of Internal Improvement dated Feby. 19th, 1829 relating to the canal contemplated to connect the Atlantic with the Gulf of Mexico ; and describing the inland navigation parallel to the coast from the Mississippi to the Bay of Espirito Santo ; and from St. Mary's Harbour to St. Augustine."
- "This map has been compiled under the direction of the Board of Internal Improvement from the following charts, surveys, & documents. ..."
- Indexed In (note)
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
- Call Number
- Map Div. 15-5694
- OCLC
- 824482908
- Author
- Swift, W. H. (William Henry), 1800-1879, creator, draftsman.
- Title
- Map of the territory of Florida. : from its northern boundary to Lat: 27°, 30' N, connected with the delta of the Mississippi / drawn and compiled by W.H. Swift Lt. Artillery. ; W.I. Stone sc.
- Publisher
- [United States] : [publisher not identified], [1829]
- Cartographic Data
- Scale approximately 1:700,000 (W 87°38ʹ--W 79°58ʹ/N 31°00ʹ--N 27°24ʹ).
- Type of Content
- cartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Indexed In:
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 4, page 53, column 1, no. 6
- Source
- US052.3.02
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
- United States.
- Added Author
- Stone, William James, 1798-1865, engraver.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 15-5694