Minots Ledge off Boston Harbor : showing the proposed site of a light house

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Minots Ledge off Boston Harbor

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Title:
Minots Ledge off Boston Harbor : showing the proposed site of a light house
Description:
Beneath Our Feet: Mapping of the features beneath the ocean’s surface began in Europe in the late-16th century, with cartographers using simple symbols such as soundings (numbers that indicate depth in fathoms) and stippling (small dots) to illustrate shallow banks or ledges. The United States established the Coast Survey in 1807 with a mission to map the coastal waters of the nation. The chart of Minot’s Ledge in Massachusetts Bay displayed here was produced by the Coast Survey during its first fifty years, to plan for a lighthouse. The chart displays a number of soundings and profiles, and illustrates sunken rocks, ledges, and the sea floor using a variety of symbols.
Creator:
United States Coast Survey
Name on Item:
hydrography by the party under the command of Lieut. H.S. Stellwagen U.S.N. Asst. U.S.C.S.
Date:
1853
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Massachusetts Bay
Minots Ledge (Mass.)--Maps
Places:
Massachusetts Bay
Plymouth (county) > Minots Ledge (area)
Extent:
1 map ; 50 x 50 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Coast Survey
Scale:
Scale: 1:10,000.
Language:
English
Notes:
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
"Sketch A No. 3."
Above upper left border: No. 3.
Includes sailing directions.
Inset: Profile view of outer Minots and Profile view of inner Minots.
"Engg. by A. Rolle, E. Yeager, App. H.C. Evans, & App. R.E. Bartle."
Leventhal Map Center copy gift of Bank of America.
Notes (exhibitions):
Exhibited: "Beneath Our Feet: Mapping the World Below" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2017-2018.
Identifier:
06_01_007651
Call #:
G3762.M48 1853 .U55
Barcode:
39999065646422