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MAP #: 341B5

CARTOGRAPHER : BLUNT, EDLMUND M.

DATE: 1841

SHORT TITLE : ENTRANCE TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY

REMAINING TITLE & ID : REDUCED FROM THE SURVEYS MADE BY D.P. ADAMS AND OTHERS BY ORDER OF THE NAVY COMMISSIONERS OF THE U.S. BY E. BLUNT. (NO CARTOUCHE, CENTER LEFT). SCALE OF 6 NAUTICAL MILES (CENTER LOWER PART OF MAP). "NEW-YORK, PUBLISHED BY E. & G.W. BLUNT; 1841." (BELOW SCALE). "HOOKER, SCULPSIT." (BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER). "E. BLUNT delt." (BOTTOM LEFT CORNER). "ENGRAVED FOR THE AMERICAN COAST PILOT. 14TH ED." (CENTER TOP MARGIN). "PAGE" (RIGHT TOP MARGIN). COMPASS ROSE (CENTER TOP). THE REVERSE SIDE IS BLANK. LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE (NOT SHOWN).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : R1841 (1818?)
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : NEW YORK
PUBLISHER : E. & G.W. BLUNT
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 18.6 X 20.8 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : 23.5 X 28.2 CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 270,000
SCALE - OTHER DATA : 6 NAUTICAL MILES = 4.1 CM.
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-612
# 2 : MSA SC1399-273 (1833 ED.)
# 3 : MSA SC1399-155 (1847 ED.)
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : B014-DNL
# 2 : J017-DHG (1833 ED.)
# 3 : LSS018-DNN (1847 ED.)
REGION CATEGORY : DETAILED CHART OF PART THE OF MD/CHESAPEAKE AREA. (2)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : VIRGINIA MAP PRIMARILY (13)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE CHART.
RELIEF SHOWN ? : NO
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : SOUNDINGS ARE SHOWN IN FEET AND FATHOMS.
: SHOALS ARE SHOWN BY DOTTED LINE.
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : PLAIN (2)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : NONE
SEE ALSO MAP #s : 333B3, 347B5.
BEST INFO SOURCE : GUTHORN IS THE ONLY SOURCE FOUND.
DESCRIPTION : THE AMERICAN COAST PILOT, 14TH EDITION IN 1841 IN WHICH THIS MAP APPEARED, WAS BUT ONE OF 23 EDITIONS OF THIS CLASSIC MARITIME WORK, WHICH WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1796 AND WAS REPUBLISHED UNTIL 1867. THIS CHART REPLACED THE ONE ENTITLED "THE BAY OF CHESAPEAKE FROM ITS ENTRANCE TO BALTIMORE", WHICH APPEARED UP THROUGH THE 1817 EDITION (SEE MAPS # 304B5 AND 309B5). IN FACT, THE FIRST EDITION TO CONTAIN ANY CHARTS WAS THE 4TH IN 1804, ACCORDING TO SABIN. NOT ALL EDITIONS BETWEEN 1804 AND 1867 HAVE BEEN EXAMINED BY THE WRITER. THE CHART WAS PREPARED BY EDMUND BLUNT, AMERICA'S MOST NOTABLE HYDROGRAPHER. HUNTINGFIELD HAS COPIES OF THE 1833, 1841 AND 1847 STATES, WHICH DIFFER ONLY INSOFAR AS THE DATES AND THE NUMBER OF THE AMERICAN COAST PILOT EDITION.

THE CHART COVERS THE AREA FROM MOB JACK BAY AT NEW PT. COMFORT IN THE NORTH TO SOUTH OF CAPE HENRY. SHOALS ARE NOTED IN DOTTED LINES. SOUNDINGS ARE IN FATHOMS EXCEPT WHEN SPECIFIED IN FEET. NO LONGITUDE OR LATITUDE MARKINGS ARE SHOWN. THE SCALE IS IN NAUTICAL MILES, WITH 6 NAUTICAL MILES EQUAL TO 4.1 CM. NO LAND FEATURES EXCEPT NAVIGATIONAL LIGHTS ARE NOTED. THE CHART MEASURES 18.6 X 20.8 CM.

DATA IS FROM OBSERVATION OF THE COPIES IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

EDITION & STATE INFO : RESEARCH HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED TO IDENTIFY ALL THE VARIOUS EDITIONS AND/OR STATES OF THIS CHART. REVIEWING THE MANY, BUT NOT COMPLETE RUN OF THE AMERICAN COAST PILOT IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, THE FIRST TIME THIS CHART APPEARED WAS IN THE 1818 EDITION. THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS COPIES THAT WERE IN THE 12TH (1833), 14TH (1841) AND 15TH (1847) EDITIONS. SEE MAPS # 333B3 AND 347B5). THE ONLY DIFFERENCES ARE IN THE DATE AT THE CENTER BOTTOM AND IN THE NUMBER OF THE COAST PILOT EDITION IN THE TOP MARGIN. UNDOUBTEDLY OTHER EDITIONS AND/OR STATES EXIST.

DATA IS FROM OBSERVATION OF THE COPIES IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A BLACK AND WHITE COPY ON THIN UNWATERMARKED PAPER IN GOOD CONDITION WITH AN ACQ. # OF B014-DNL AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399- 612. THE COLLECTION ALSO HAS COPIES IN SIMILAR CONDITION OF THE 1833 STATE, WITH AN ACQ. # OF J017-DHG AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-273 AND OF THE 1847 STATE WITH AN ACQ. # OF LSS018-DNN AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-115.

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : GUTHORN, PETER J., UNITED STATES COASTAL CHARTS 1783-1861, EXTON, PA: SCHIFFER PUBLISHING LIMITED, 1984, 87 (1847 EDITION).

February 28, 1993


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