U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
1838

First chart issued Coast Survey New Haven Harbour

Extract from the U.S. Coast Survey New Haven Harbour 1838

DESCRIPTION: This "Extract from the U.S. Coast Survey New Haven Harbour" Connecticut is one of the three earliest charts published by the United States Coast Survey. No sale of this chart is recorded in the AMPR.

Taken from a Letter from the Secretary of Treasury transmitting a map of New Haven and its harbor in the state of Connecticut. Doc 25th Congress. 1839.

CREATOR: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

PUBLICATION DATE: 1838

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: New Haven

CONDITION: Fair. Foxing. Wrinkles. Minor tears and splits at folds. Holes at fold intersections. On two sheets of paper joined at issue.

COLORING: None.

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SIZE: 24 " x 37 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 0

PRICE: $425

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