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Sketch of The Narrows in Boston Harbor

Title
Sketch of The Narrows in Boston Harbor / prepared under the direction of B'v't Maj. Gen. J.G. Foster, lt. col. engrs., U.S.A.
Author
Foster, John G. (John Gray), 1823-1874
Publication
  • [Boston, Mass.] : [Massachusetts Board of Harbor Commissioners], [1868]
  • [Boston, Mass.?] : A. Meisel, lith., [1868]

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Additional Authors
  • Meisel, A. (Augustus)
  • Massachusetts. Board of Harbor Commissioners, publisher.
Description
1 map : color; 34 x 53 cm, on sheet 38 x 55 cm
Alternative Title
Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US099.1.01
Subjects
Genre/Form
Maps.
Note
  • Shows main ship channel between Lovell's Island and George's Island and Gallop's Island.
  • Relief shown by contours and spot heights.
  • Includes two ancillary maps: Tower Rock. [Scale 1:240] -- Corwin Rock. [Scale 1:240]; and profile view of The Narrows between the two rocks. [Scale 1:1200; vertical scale 1:120].
  • "1867."
Indexed In (note)
  • Boston Engineering Dept. List of maps of Boston published between 1600-1903
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Linking Entry (note)
  • From: Massachusetts Board of Harbor Commissioners' Annual report of the Board of Harbor Commissioners. 2nd (1868). p. 38.
Call Number
Map Div. 16-5281
OCLC
56059176
Author
Foster, John G. (John Gray), 1823-1874, creator.
Title
Sketch of The Narrows in Boston Harbor / prepared under the direction of B'v't Maj. Gen. J.G. Foster, lt. col. engrs., U.S.A.
Publisher
[Boston, Mass.] : [Massachusetts Board of Harbor Commissioners], [1868]
Manufacturer
[Boston, Mass.?] : A. Meisel, lith., [1868]
Cartographic Data
Scale 1:10,000 (W 70°57ʹ--W 70°53ʹ/N 42°20ʹ--N 42°18ʹ).
Type of Content
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Indexed In:
Boston Engineering Dept. List of maps of Boston published between 1600-1903, p. 164
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 2, page 22, column 2, no. 1
Linking Entry
From: Massachusetts Board of Harbor Commissioners' Annual report of the Board of Harbor Commissioners. 2nd (1868). p. 38.
Source
US099.1.01
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Place of Publication
United States Massachusetts Boston.
Added Author
Meisel, A. (Augustus), lithographer.
Massachusetts. Board of Harbor Commissioners, publisher.
Related To
Massachusetts. Board of Harbor Commissioners. Annual report of the Board of Harbor Commissioners (OCoLC)32360738
Research Call Number
Map Div. 16-5281 [Filed with Boston 1867]
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