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1. Chart of the entrance of Hudson's River, from Sandy Hook to New York [cartographic material] : with the banks, depths of water, sailing-marks, & ca.
- Published / Created:
- 1st June 1776.
- Call Number:
- 771cea N49 1776
- Container / Volume:
- BRBL_00493
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Maps, Atlases & Globes
- Alternative Title:
- North-American pilot for New England, New York, Pensilvania, Maryland, and Virginia.
- Description:
- A Scale of 5 "English Miles" is given below the title at upper left., Below the scale: The Light-House of Sandy Hook is 40d. 27m. North Latitude., Coordinates not present on map and are approximated., Depths shown by soundings. Relief shown by hachures., First state., Includes note., Issued separately and in the first edition of Sayer & Bennett's North American Pilot for New England, New York, Pensilvania, Maryland, and Virginia. 1777., Sailing chart of the area around New York Harbor and Long Island; centered on Staten Island, York's Bay and Constable Point, extending north to Hells Gate, New York Island, Netwon Inlet, Bushwick Inlet, Wallabout Bay, Crown Point, the Battery and Ship Yards and south to the Shrewsbury River. The map extends East to include Amboy and the Raritan River, noting (Samuel?) Holland's House and east to Jamaica Bay and Plumb Island., and Watermarks.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer & John Bennett, sea chart & map-sellers, No. 53, in Fleet Street. Published as the Act directs,
- Subject (Geographic):
- Atlantic Ocean--Lower Bay, Atlantic Ocean--Upper Bay, New Jersey--Sandy Hook, New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.) Maps--Early works to 1800., New York Region--Maps--Early works to 1800., and Sandy Hook (N.J.)
- Subject (Name):
- Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm), printmaker, printseller
- Subject (Topic):
- Nautical charts, Nautical charts--Hudson River Estuary (N.Y. and N.J.)--Early works to 1800., Nautical charts--Lower Bay (N.Y. and N.J.)--Early works to 1800., and Nautical charts--Upper Bay (N.Y. and N.J.)--Early works to 180
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Chart of the entrance of Hudson's River, from Sandy Hook to New York [cartographic material] : with the banks, depths of water, sailing-marks, & ca.
