[Chart of Suriname River and vicinity.]

• Main Author: Norman, William, -1807
• Format: Map
• Language: unknown
• Published: Norman, William, -1807 1794
• Subjects: Nautical Charts; Newfoundland
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Nautical chart representing the Surinam [Suriname] River and vicinity. Shows rivers, cities, bodies of water, drainage, coast line, bays, ports, shoals, and depths, given in fathoms. Includes rhumb lines, latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as a compass rose with north oriented toward top of sheet, and arrows referring to the directions of water currents. Black and white engraving. Chart is 52 x 41 cm, on sheet 55 x 45 cm. Handwritten annotation in graphite in bottom right corner: Dutch Guiana. The American Pilot : Containing the navigation of the sea coast of North America, from the streights of Belle Isle to Cayenne, including the island and banks of Newfoundland, the West India islands, and all the islands on the coast … Published by William Norman in Boston, 1794. Folio; rebound in half calf over boards. Atlas comprised of eleven charts (including one ancillary chart and one inset chart). Charts show coastlines, cities, topography, vegetation, bodies of water, drainage, bays, ports, anchorage, shoals, rocks, directions of currents, and depths, given in fathoms. One chart features pictorial illustrations of ships and a sea monster; another provides descriptive notes with navigational instructions. Copper-plate engravings. The 1794 version of John and William Norman's American Pilot features foundational maps of Nantucket by Pinkham and the Carolinas by Daniel Dunbibin. This atlas is among the earliest to be published in the United States. In 1785, John Norman had proposed to the Massachusetts legislature to print a "Correct Set of Compleat Maps" depicting the coast from Newfoundland's Banks to the Gulf of Mexico. These maps were meant to align with the recent surveys conducted by the British Government, such as those by J.F.W. Des Barres, Samuel Holland, and others published in the Atlantic Neptune. Norman's proposal claimed that these drafts would be published on different scales to enhance their usefulness and offer printed directions and observations for mariners. This would enable safer ...