Boston Harbor, Massachusetts


Boston Harbor, Massachusetts

Item Information

Title:
Boston Harbor, Massachusetts
Creator:
United States Coast Survey
Contributor:
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867
Name on Item:
from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache, superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States
Date:
1878
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Private Collection
Collection (local):
Mapping Boston Collection
Subjects:
Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Boston Harbor
Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Boston Bay
Boston Harbor (Mass.)--Navigation
Boston Bay (Mass.)--Navigation
Places:
Boston Harbor
Extent:
1 map : hand col. ; 71 x 88 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Coast Survey Office
Edition:
Ed. of 1878.
Scale:
Scale 1:40,000
Language:
English
Notes:
Shows buoys with red and black ink.
Relief shown by hachures.
Depths shown by soundings and shading.
Oriented with north towards the upper left.
In upper right margin: Electrotype copy no. 13 U.S.C. & G.S.
Prime meridian: Massachusetts State House.
Includes sailing directions, tables of tides, lighthouses, and bottom types, and 3 coastal views.
In upper left margin: No. 337.
Identifier:
06_01_004103
Barcode:
39999059003739