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Preliminary chart of Frying Pan Shoals and entrances to Cape Fear River, North Carolina

Title
Preliminary chart of Frying Pan Shoals and entrances to Cape Fear River, North Carolina / from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, Superintendant of the Survey of the Coast of the United States.
Author
United States Coast Survey, creator, publisher.
Publication
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Coast Survey Office, 1857.

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Additional Authors
  • Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
  • Bolles, C. P.
  • Jenkins, T. A.
  • Maffitt, John Newland, 1819-1886.
  • Smith, M. L. (Martin Luther), 1819-1866.
  • Mathiot, G.
  • Ricketts, James J.
  • Key, John Ross, 1832-1920
  • Throop, John Peter Van Ness, 1794-approximately 1861
  • Maedel, A. (Adolph)
  • Gansevoort-Lansing Collection.
Description
1 map; 76 x 63 cm, on sheet 86 x 73 cm
Alternative Title
Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US186.2.03
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Nautical charts.
  • Bathymetric maps.
  • Maps.
Note
  • Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings and bathymetric shading.
  • Includes notes, tables of currents, lighthouses and tides, and 1 inset map: Sketch of Frying Pan Shoals, [scale 1:80,000].
  • "Triangulation and topography by C.P. Bolles, assistant; hydrography by the parties under the command of Lieuts. T.A. Jenkins & J.N. Maffitt U.S.N. assists."
  • "Verified: M.L. Smith, Capt. Topl. Engrs., asst. in charge of office."
  • "Electrotype copy no. 2 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S."--top right margin.
  • "Redd. drng. by J.J. Ricketts & J.R. Key; engd. by J.V.N. Throop & A. Maedel."-- lower margin.
  • Differs from other 1857 title - lacks "No. 32" from the top margin.
Indexed In (note)
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Call Number
Map Div. 17-656
OCLC
716298861
Author
United States Coast Survey, creator, publisher.
Title
Preliminary chart of Frying Pan Shoals and entrances to Cape Fear River, North Carolina / from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, Superintendant of the Survey of the Coast of the United States.
Publisher
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Coast Survey Office, 1857.
Cartographic Data
Scale 1:30,000 (W 78°05ʹ--W 77°54ʹ/N 34°00ʹ--N 33°48ʹ).
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. 2, page 384, column 2, no. 6
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Place of Publication
United States District of Columbia Washington.
Added Author
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
Bolles, C. P.
Jenkins, T. A.
Maffitt, John Newland, 1819-1886.
Smith, M. L. (Martin Luther), 1819-1866.
Mathiot, G.
Ricketts, James J., draftsman.
Key, John Ross, 1832-1920, draftsman.
Throop, John Peter Van Ness, 1794-approximately 1861, engraver.
Maedel, A. (Adolph), engraver.
Gansevoort-Lansing Collection.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 17-656 [Filed as North Carolina Parts C - 1857]
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