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Chart of Green Bay
- Title
- Chart of Green Bay / surveyed under the direction of Capt. W.G. Williams, assisted by Lieut. J.W. Gunnison, Corps of Topl. Engrs., 1845.
- Author
- United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers, creator, publisher.
- Publication
- [Washington, D.C.] : [United States Army Corps of Engineers], 1846.
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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. 17-5548 | Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117 |
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- Description
- 1 map; 57 x 88 cm
- Summary
- Map of Green Bay of Lake Michigan, showing numerous soundings, obstacles to navigation, notes about shoreline and lake bottom conditions ("rocky," "clay," "soft," etc.), onshore settlements, and rivers flowing into the bay.
- Alternative Title
- Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US256.1.08
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Nautical charts.
- Maps.
- Note
- Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
- Oriented with north to the right.
- Includes notes and inset elevation profile: Profile of the dividing ridge at Sturgeon Portage. Horizontal scale [1:12,000]. 1,000 ft. to 1 in. Vertical scale [1:240]. 20 ft. to 1 in.
- "Reduced from the original map in the Topl. Bureau by W.B. Franklin Lieut. Corps Topl. Engrs. 1846."
- Indexed In (note)
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
- Call Number
- Map Div. 17-5548
- OCLC
- 68962450
- Author
- United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers, creator, publisher.
- Title
- Chart of Green Bay / surveyed under the direction of Capt. W.G. Williams, assisted by Lieut. J.W. Gunnison, Corps of Topl. Engrs., 1845.
- Publisher
- [Washington, D.C.] : [United States Army Corps of Engineers], 1846.
- Cartographic Data
- Scale 1:126,320. 2 miles to an inch (W 88°08ʹ--W 86°43ʹ/N 45°24ʹ--N 44°28ʹ).
- 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 694, column 1, no. 2
- Source
- US256.1.08
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Green Bay, Wi. (Wisconsin) Maps.
- Place of Publication
- United States District of Columbia Washington.
- Added Author
- Williams, W. G. (William G.), -1846, surveyor.Gunnison, J. W. (John Williams), 1812-1853, surveyor.Franklin, William Buel, 1823-1903, cartographer.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 17-5548