Image Title

:  Map of New-York Bay and Harbor and the environs : [with colored manuscript additions to show positions of troops and fleets at the Battle of Long Island, 1776] / 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, T.A. Jenkins & B.F. Sands assists. ; A.D. Bache superintendent ; verified by Lieut. A.A. Humphreys, topl. engrs. assistant, U.S. Coast Survey.

Creator

: United States Coast Survey -- Publisher

Additional Name(s)

: Farley, John, 1802 or 3-1874  -- Associated name
Sands, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1811-1883  -- Associated name
Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883  -- Associated name
Hassler, F. R. (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843  -- Surveyor
Jenkins, T. A. -- Associated name
Siebert, Selmar -- Associated name
Lawson, Oscar A., 1813-1854  -- Associated name
Mathiot, G. -- Associated name
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776  -- Associated name
Renard, C. -- Associated name
Rollé, A. -- Associated name
Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862  -- Associated name
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867  -- Associated name
Dankworth, Frederick, b. ca. 1804  -- Associated name
Knight, J. (Jonathan), 1787-1858  -- Associated name
Gedney, Thomas R. -- Associated name

Published Date

: 1845

Item Physical Description

: 1 map ; 61 x 88 cm.

Notes

: "Topography engraved by S. Siebert & A. Rolle; views engraved by O.A. Lawson ; engraving supervised & views of the coast drawn by J. Farley ; hydrography engraved by F. Dankworth ; lettering by F. Dankworth & J. Knight." Note 2.) Annotated with red and blue ink to show positions of troops and fleets at the Battle of Long Island. NN Note 3.) In upper right margin: Electrotype copy no. 7, by G. Mathiot U.S.C.S. Note 4.) National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard. Note 5.) Prime meridians: New York and Greenwich. Note 6.) Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. Note 7.) Includes text, table of currents, and 4 coastal panoramas.

Source

: Maps of New York City and State / New York City / New York harbor

Location

: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

Catalog Call Number

: Map Div. 01-1767 [Filed with N.Y.S. Rev. War. Long Island Battle of, 1776]

Digital ID

: 433950

Record ID

: 252803

Digital Item Published

: 9-16-2005; updated 5-16-2012