Boston Harbor, Massachusetts
Item Information
- Title:
- Boston Harbor, Massachusetts
- Description:
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Published in 1867, this was the second edition of the U.S. Coast Survey's nautical chart of Boston Harbor. Although it was updated, primarily with navigational aids, it retained the appearance of the first edition and its subsequent updates. Prepared as navigation aids, these charts included detailed depth soundings, sailing directions, and landscape or headland views to assist ships as they sailed through the bay and approached Boston Harbor. The charts also included detailed topographic information about the city of Boston and its surrounding coastal communities.
- Creator:
- United States Coast Survey
- Contributor:
- Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867
- Name on Item:
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from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States ; triangulation by A.D. Bache ... and C.O. Boutelle ... ; topography by J.B. Gluck ... [et. al.] ; hydrography ... under the direction of C.H. Davis ... and A. Boschke ...
- Date:
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1867
- Format:
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Maps/Atlases
- Location:
- Private Collection
- Collection (local):
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Mapping Boston Collection
- Subjects:
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Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Boston Harbor
Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Boston Bay
Boston Bay (Mass.)--Navigation
Boston Harbor (Mass.)--Navigation
- Places:
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Boston Harbor
- Extent:
- 1 map ; 69 x 89 cm.
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
- Publisher:
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Washington :
[United States Coast Survey]
- Scale:
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Scale 1:40,000
- Language:
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English
- Notes:
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Relief shown by hachures.
Depths shown by soundings.
Longitude measured from Boston State House.
Includes text, tables of sailing information, and 6 coastal panoramas.
- Identifier:
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06_01_001161
- Barcode:
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39999052508163
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