1878 Chart (10 results)

First Edition. Poor copy bound in the original leather boards. Front board missing. Wear and tear as with age. Text remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Series; Mediaeval towns. Physical description; xvi, 367 p : illus., fold. map, fold. plan ; 18 cm. Notes; Includes index. Contents; Preface -- pt. I. The story -- pt. II. The city. Subjects; Ireland History. Dublin (Ireland) Description. Dublin (Ireland) History. Dublin (Ireland) Description and travel. Dublin History. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Poor copy bound in the original leather boards. Front board missing. Wear and tear as with age. Text remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Series; Mediaeval towns. Physical description; xvi, 367 p : illus., fold. map, fold. plan ; 18 cm. Notes; Includes index. Contents; Preface -- pt. I. The story -- pt. II. The city. Subjects; Ireland History. Dublin (Ireland) Description. Dublin (Ireland) History. Dublin (Ireland) Description and travel. Dublin History. 1 Kg.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 406.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 406.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 406.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 406.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 406.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 406.

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Good. Large tear extending 7 inches into the map on center bottom, closed on verso. Professionally repaired and backedonlinen. Size 37.5 x 30 Inches. A remarkably detailed nautical map or chart originally produced by the U.S. Coast Survey in 1867, updated to 1878, of the Atlantic coast of New England from Wells and Ogunquit in Maine to Gloucester on Cape Ann, Massachusetts. A Closer Look Coverage ranges from the beaches below Wells (the town itself is off the map just to the north) and Ogunquit in Maine, through Portsmouth and the brief section of New Hampshire coastline, and through Newburyport, Ipswich, Rockport, and Gloucester, Massachusetts. Fathoms, shoals, hazards, islands, lighthouses and beacons (also listed in a table at left), buoys (marked in red and black), and other navigational essentials are noted in tremendous detail and to a distance far from the coast, out into open ocean. Extensive information is also provided, via abbreviations (listed in another table at left), on the type of mud, rock, and other material at the ocean bottom. Additional data is provided at left, including tables of tides and notes on soundings and the shifting of buoys and lights. The land along the coast is illustrated to a minute degree of precision, to roughly a mile inland (at bottom up to the Eastern Railroad, running between Boston and Portland, Maine), with individual farms and buildings indicated. At bottom-left are two profile views of the coastline near Thatcher's Island off Cape Ann and the entrance to the harbor at Gloucester, respectively. Fishtown At this time, Gloucester was the center of the New England fishing industry, staffed by immigrants from the Azores and Italy, and a thriving commercial port as well. The fishing industry was long established in the city but had fallen to a nadir in the early 19th century before reviving in the mid-19th century. Cod fishing was particularly important to the city's economy, and improved charts such as this were invaluable to mariners working the increasingly crowded shores and waters off New England. Still, fishing was a dangerous business. In 1879, just a year after this chart's publication, 279 fishermen died when their ships were lost at sea, with one particularly nasty gale on Georges Bank in February 1879 sinking 13 ships carrying nearly 150 crew members. For the town's tercentenary in 1923, a large bronze statue was commissioned to memorialize the fisherman lost at sea throughout the town's history; today, the statue is one of the town's main landmarks. Publication History and Census This chart was originally published in 1867 by the U.S. Coast Survey, then re-issued in 1877 with corrections, and the present example was printed in 1878 with minor changes to navigational aids (i.e. the magnetic variation or declination in the compasses). The OCLC notes it among the holdings of Stanford University, the University of Chicago, the University of Virginia, the Boston Public Library, Salem State University, and the Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen. References: OCLC 317745027.