File:1873 U.S. Coast Survey Chart of Map of Cape Cod, Nantucket, Marthas Vineyard, and Cape Ann - Geographicus - CapeCod-uscs-1873.jpg
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Sketch A Shewing the progressof theSurvey in Section No. 1 from 1844 to 1873. | |||||||
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Sketch A Shewing the progressof theSurvey in Section No. 1 from 1844 to 1873. |
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Description |
English: An exceptional example of the 1873 U.S. Coast Survey's progress nautical chart for Massachusetts and Maine. Covers the coast line from Narraganset Bay (Rhode Island) eastwards past Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket then north to Cape Cod, Boston Harbor, Cape Anne, Portsmith (New Hampshire) and Portland, Maine. Includes Providence, Provincetown, Boston, Portsmith, and Portland. Shows triangulation points throughout the regions as well as all major islands, rivers, and inlets. Lighthouses, ports, cities, beaches, and other sites noted. A large inset map in the upper right quadrant details Lake Champlain, showing both Burlington and Plattsburg. Prepared under the supervision of A. D. Bache and Benjamin Peirce for the 1873 Superintendent's Report . |
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Date | 1873 (dated) | ||||||
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height: 31 in (78.7 cm); width: 24 in (60.9 cm) dimensions QS:P2048,31U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,24U218593 |
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Accession number |
Geographicus link: CapeCod-uscs-1873 |
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Source/Photographer |
Report of the Superintendant of the United States Coast Survey, Washington, (1873 edition).
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