MAP #: 387U5
CARTOGRAPHER : UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY
DATE: 1887
SHORT TITLE : GENERAL CHART OF THE COAST NO. IX FROM CAPE MAY
REMAINING TITLE & ID : TO CAPE HENRY (TOP LEFT CORNER). "FROM A TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF F.R. HASSLER AND A.D. BACHE SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE SURVEY OF THE COAST OF THE UNITED STATES SCALE 1/400,000. THIS EDITION SHOWS THE RESURVEY OF DELAWARE ENTRANCE AND ADDITIONAL OFF-SHORE HYDROGRAPHY. VERIFICATION OF HYDROGRAPHY BY LIEUT. COMDR. W.H. BROWNSON U.S.N., INSPECTOR OF HYDROGRAPHY. ISSUED NOVEMBER 1887 F.M. THORN SUPERINTENDENT. VERIFIED: B.A. COLONNA ASSISTANT IN CHARGE OF OFFICE. PRICE 50 CENTS" (BELOW TITLE). USC&GS STAMP (ABOVE TITLE). SCALES IN STATUTE MILES, NAUTICAL MILES AND KILOMETRES (BELOW PRIOR ITEM). DATA ON WEATHER SIGNAL STATIONS (UNDER SCALES). TABLE OF LIGHT HOUSES, LIGHT VESSELS, TABLE OF TIDES, SOUNDINGS, ABBREVIATIONS OF BOTTOMS, BUOYS AND LIFE SAVING STATIONS (LOWER RIGHT SIDE). "NO. 9 PRICE 50 CENTS" (LEFT TOP MARGIN). "PLATE NO. 1945" (CENTER TOP MARGIN). "ELECTROTYPE COPY NO. 3 U.S.C & G.S." (RIGHT TOP MARGIN). "PRINTED FEB 24 1892 (STAMPED IN LEFT BOTTOM MARGIN). "(CAPE MAY TO CAPE HENRY) U.S.C. & G.S. 9" (RIGHT BOTTOM MARGIN). COMPASS ROSES SHOWING VARIATION AND ANNUAL CHANGE (IN 3 POSITIONS ALONG THE COASTLINE). LONGITUDE FROM GREENWICH (TOP AND BOTTOM BORDERS). LATITUDE (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS).
EDITION & STATE INFO : THE CHART SHOWS AN ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF 1887. HOWEVER, THE COMPASS ROSES SHOW VARIATION AS OF 1892, SO THIS MUST HAVE BEEN A LATER RELEASE OF THE CHART.
HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A GOOD COPY OF THIS CHART, APPARENTLY PRINTED IN 1892, WITH SEVERAL MARGINAL TEARS WITH TWO EXTENDING UP PAST THE LONGITUDE READINGS ALONG THE BOTTOM. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF A017-UFU AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-483.
BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : NONE YET FOUND.
March 28, 1992
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