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Preliminary chart of Ship and Sand Shoal Inlets, Coast of Virginia : from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States

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Title
Preliminary chart of Ship and Sand Shoal Inlets, Coast of Virginia : from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States
Names
United States Coast Survey (Publisher)
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 (Creator)
Farley, John, 1802 or 1803-1874 (Creator)
Wise, George D. (George Douglas), 1831-1898 (Creator)
Almy, John Jay, 1815-1895 (Creator)
Key, John Ross, 1832-1920 (Draftsman)
Woodward, E. F. (Engraver)
Smith, C. F. (Engraver)
Bien & Sterner (Lithographer)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

States

Virginia

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1854
Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: United States Coast Survey
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 17-713
Topics
Nautical charts -- Virginia -- Atlantic Coast
Inlets -- Virginia -- Atlantic Coast
Coasts -- Virginia
Atlantic Coast (Va.)
Genres
Maps
Nautical charts
Bathymetric maps
Notes
Content: Depths shown by isolines and soundings. Includes notes on tides and soundings.
Statement of responsibility: "Triangulation by J. Farley, Assistant.; topography by G. D. Wise, asst.; hydrography by the party under the command of Lieut. J.J. Almy, U.S.N. asst."
Content: At head of title: (C no. 2). "No. 18"--upper left margin.
Statement of responsibility: "Redd. drng. by J.R. Key; engd. by E.F. Woodward and App. C.F. Smith" -- lower right margin.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map ; 42 x 34 cm, on sheet 51 x 39 cm
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 316548270
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21325086
Folder number: US249.1.11
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 879953c0-6bd7-0135-411f-453ce5ea728b
Rights Statement
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  • 1854: Issued
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Preliminary chart of Ship and Sand Shoal Inlets, Coast of Virginia " The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1854. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/98d96880-6bd7-0135-c2de-43c5b5c6ff5e

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Preliminary chart of Ship and Sand Shoal Inlets, Coast of Virginia " New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/98d96880-6bd7-0135-c2de-43c5b5c6ff5e

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1854). Preliminary chart of Ship and Sand Shoal Inlets, Coast of Virginia Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/98d96880-6bd7-0135-c2de-43c5b5c6ff5e

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Preliminary chart of Ship and Sand Shoal Inlets, Coast of Virginia