Image Title

:  Map of New-York Bay and Harbor and the environs / 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. ; verified by C.M. Eakin, assistant.

Creator

: United States Coast Survey -- Publisher

Additional Name(s)

: Eakin, C. M. (Constant M.) -- Associated name
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776  -- Associated name
Gedney, Thomas R. -- Associated name
Blunt, Edmund, 1799-1866 -- Associated name
Renard, C. -- Associated name
Hassler, F. R. (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843  -- Surveyor
Jenkins, Thornton A. (Thornton Alexander), 1811-1893  -- Associated name

Published Date

: 1844

Item Physical Description

: 1 map on 6 sheets ; 164 x 157 cm., sheets 59 x 83 cm. or smaller.

Notes

: Includes text, table of currents, notes, 4 coastal panoramas and 2 views of Sandy Hook Light. Note 2.) National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard. Note 3.) Prime meridian: New York. Note 4.) Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.

Standard Reference

: Phillips. Maps of America, p. 543

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. 00-470

Digital ID

: 484906

Record ID

: 253272

Digital Item Published

: 1-17-2007; updated 5-16-2012