Chart from New York to Timber Island including Nantucket Shoals from the latest surveys . Printed & sold by J. Norman no.75 Newbury Str, Boston.
Nautical chart representing the New York state coast to Timber Island, Maine, including Nantucket Shoals. Shows county boundaries, islands, cities, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, bays, ports, shoals, and depths, given in fathoms. Includes rhumb lines, latitudinal and longitudinal lines, a sc...
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Nautical Charts Norman, William, -1807 Carleton, Osgood, 1742-1816 Chart from New York to Timber Island including Nantucket Shoals from the latest surveys . Printed & sold by J. Norman no.75 Newbury Str, Boston. |
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Nautical chart representing the New York state coast to Timber Island, Maine, including Nantucket Shoals. Shows county boundaries, islands, cities, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, bays, ports, shoals, and depths, given in fathoms. Includes rhumb lines, latitudinal and longitudinal lines, a scale of nautical miles, as well as a compass rose with north oriented toward top of sheet. With inset map: Plymouth Bay. "I have carefully examined this chart and find it to agree with Holland's Surveys [of] the shoals by one well authenticated by 13th Pilots. Osgood Carleton. Teacher of Navigation and other Branches of the Mathematics." Chart is 121 x 188 cm, on fold-out sheet 125 x 191 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 ... |
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Chart from New York to Timber Island including Nantucket Shoals from the latest surveys . Printed & sold by J. Norman no.75 Newbury Str, Boston. |
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Chart from New York to Timber Island including Nantucket Shoals from the latest surveys . Printed & sold by J. Norman no.75 Newbury Str, Boston. |
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Chart from New York to Timber Island including Nantucket Shoals from the latest surveys . Printed & sold by J. Norman no.75 Newbury Str, Boston. |
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Chart from New York to Timber Island including Nantucket Shoals from the latest surveys . Printed & sold by J. Norman no.75 Newbury Str, Boston. |
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Chart from New York to Timber Island including Nantucket Shoals from the latest surveys . Printed & sold by J. Norman no.75 Newbury Str, Boston. |
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chart from new york to timber island including nantucket shoals from the latest surveys . printed & sold by j. norman no.75 newbury str, boston. |
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Norman, William, -1807 |
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Atlantic Coast (New England) Nantucket Shoals (Mass.) Cape Cod Bay (Mass.) Boston Bay (Mass.) Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.) |
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ftdavidrumseyc:oai:N/A:RUMSEY~8~1~356217~90123117 2023-12-10T09:50:59+01:00 Chart from New York to Timber Island including Nantucket Shoals from the latest surveys . Printed & sold by J. Norman no.75 Newbury Str, Boston. 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. With particular directions for sailing to, and entering the principal harbours, rivers, &c. Describing also the capes, head lands, rivers, bays, roads, havens, harbours, straits, rocks, sands, shoals, banks, depths of water, and anchorage. Showing the courses and distances from one place to another, the ebbing of the sea, the setting of the tides and currents, &c. With many other things necessary to be know in navigation. Likewise necessary directions for those who are not fully acquainted with the use of charts. Boston September 10th. 1794. Teacher of the Mathematics. Boston. Printed and sold by Wm. Norman at his office no.75 Newbury Street MDCCXCIIII. Where may be had Huddards St. Georges Channel - Thompsons North Sea - British Channel - Bay of Biscay - Coast of Spain and Portugal - Mediteranean Sea - Nantucket Harbour. Chart from New York to Timber Island including Nantucket Shoals from the latest surveys . Norman, William, -1807 Carleton, Osgood, 1742-1816 Atlantic Coast (New England) Nantucket Shoals (Mass.) Cape Cod Bay (Mass.) Boston Bay (Mass.) Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.) 1794 Full Image Download in JP2 Format 121 188 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~356217~90123117 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/205/14485013.jpg unknown Norman, William, -1807 Boston 14485.000 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~356217~90123117 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/205/14485013.jpg 14485.013 Nautical Charts Chart Atlas Atlas Map 1794 ftdavidrumseyc 2023-11-11T23:50:05Z Nautical chart representing the New York state coast to Timber Island, Maine, including Nantucket Shoals. Shows county boundaries, islands, cities, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, bays, ports, shoals, and depths, given in fathoms. Includes rhumb lines, latitudinal and longitudinal lines, a scale of nautical miles, as well as a compass rose with north oriented toward top of sheet. With inset map: Plymouth Bay. "I have carefully examined this chart and find it to agree with Holland's Surveys [of] the shoals by one well authenticated by 13th Pilots. Osgood Carleton. Teacher of Navigation and other Branches of the Mathematics." Chart is 121 x 188 cm, on fold-out sheet 125 x 191 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 ... Map Newfoundland David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (Cartography Associates) Anchorage Barres ENVELOPE(140.006,140.006,-66.660,-66.660) Belle Isle ENVELOPE(-55.357,-55.357,51.942,51.942) Long Island Long Island Sound ENVELOPE(-79.366,-79.366,54.800,54.800) Nantucket ENVELOPE(-61.917,-61.917,-74.583,-74.583) The Shoals ENVELOPE(-56.498,-56.498,49.817,49.817) |