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A Map Of The Extremity Of Cape Cod Including the Townships of Provincetown & Truro: A Chart Of Their Sea Coast And Of Cape Cod Harbour, State of Massachusetts. Executed under the direction of Major J.D. Graham U.S. Top. Engs. During portions of the years 1833,'34, &'35 ... W.J. Stone Sc. Wash. Surveyed And Projected By J.D. Graham ... Drawn From The Original Projects And Notes, By J.E. Johnston ... A.A. Humphreys .... J.. Macomb ... W.R. Palmer ... Reduced from the original in the Bureau of U.S. Topographical Engineers, Washington, by Wash: Hood 1836.
- Publication Year :
- 1836
- Publisher :
- U.S., 1836.
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Abstract
- Lower left sheet. Huge 4 part chart, each 78 x 94 cm., beautifully engraved by Hood. Not in Phillips or Claussen & Friis. A major chart which was compiled by many of the topographical engineers who went on to become famous figures in western mapping and exploration: Graham, Macomb, Johnston, Humphreys, Palmer and Henderson. Hood's engraving is extremely clear and well done. 25th Congress, 2nd Session, House Document 121. Chart is without color. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by isolines and soundings. Includes notes, references, and 2 diagrams of the tides at high and low water in Cape Cod Harbor for the months of Oct. 1833 and June 1835.<br />Huge 4 part chart beautifully engraved by Hood. Not in Phillips or Claussen & Friis. A major chart which was compiled by many of the topographical engineers who went on to become famous figures in western mapping and exploration: Graham, Macomb, Johnston, Humphreys, Palmer and Henderson. Hood's engraving is extremely clear and well done. 25th Congress, 2nd Session, House Document 121.<br />Guthorn p15.
- Subjects :
- Nautical Charts
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Details
- Database :
- LUNA Commons
- Publication Type :
- Map
- Accession number :
- edsluc.RUMSEY.8.1.226230.5505139
- Document Type :
- Chart Map