A new general chart of the West Indies from the latest marine journals and surveys, regulated and ascertained by astronomical observations . Printed & sold by W. Norman
Nautical chart representing the West Indies. Shows islands, cities, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, bays, and ports. Includes rhumb lines, latitudinal and longitudinal lines, scale of nautical leagues, as well as a compass rose with north oriented toward top of sheet. Black and white engravin...
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Norman, William, -1807
1789
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| Summary: | Nautical chart representing the West Indies. Shows islands, cities, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, bays, and ports. Includes rhumb lines, latitudinal and longitudinal lines, scale of nautical leagues, as well as a compass rose with north oriented toward top of sheet. Black and white engraving. "I the subscriber do certify that I have carefully examined this chart copied from a London publication agreeable to Act of Parliament and find it a true and accurate copy of the original. Osgood Carleton, Teacher of Navigation and other Branches of the Mathematics. Boston. Decr. 28th 1789." Chart is 69 x 99 cm, on fold-out sheet 71 x 101 cm. 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 ... |
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