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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Maps of New York City and State

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Title
Map of New-York Bay and Harbor and the environs
Names
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776 (Associated name)
United States Coast Survey (Publisher)
Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862 (Associated name)
Renard, C. (Associated name)
Gedney, Thomas R. (Associated name)
Eakin, C. M. (Constant M.) (Associated name)
Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883 (Associated name)
Jenkins, T. A. (Associated name)
Hassler, F. R. (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843 (Surveyor)
Collection

Maps of New York City and State

New York City

New York Harbor

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1844 - 1845
Place: [Washington, D.C.]
Publisher: Survey of the Coast of the United States
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 01-1888 [Mounted and filed as 3 sheets]
Topics
New York (N.Y.)
New Jersey
Harbors -- New York Metropolitan Area
Nautical charts -- New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
Nautical charts -- New York Metropolitan Area
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: "Sheets Nos. 1, 2, 3, & 4 verified by C.M. Eakin, assistant, & published in 1844. Sheets 5 & 6 verified by Lt. A.A. Humphreys, assistant, & published in 1845."
Content: Includes text, table of currents, notes, 4 coastal panoramas and 2 views of Sandy Hook Light.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Prime meridians: New York and Greenwich.
Content: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Statement of responsibility: founded upon a trigonometrical survey under the direction of F. R. Hassler, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States ; triangulation by James Ferguson and Edmund Blunt, assistants ; the hydrography under the direction of Thomas R. Gedney, lieutenant U.S. Navy ; the topography by C. Renard and T.A. Jenkins assists.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map on 6 sheets ; 165 x 158 cm. sheets 63 x 85 cm.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 46592906
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15005193
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 04b4c260-c5ab-012f-f198-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1710: Creator Born
  • 1776: Creator Died
  • 1844: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of New-York Bay and Harbor and the environs" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1844 - 1845. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/666dd104-c644-36ce-e040-e00a180623a1

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of New-York Bay and Harbor and the environs" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/666dd104-c644-36ce-e040-e00a180623a1

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1844 - 1845). Map of New-York Bay and Harbor and the environs Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/666dd104-c644-36ce-e040-e00a180623a1

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Map of New-York Bay and Harbor and the environs