1874 U.S.C.S. Map or Chart of Lake Champlain ( Burlington, VT )
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Description: A rare hand colored 1874 coastal chart of the northern part of Lake Champlain from Cumberland Head to Ligonier Point. Includes the cities of Burlington, Vermont and Plattsburgh, New York. The map features sailing instructions and hundreds of depth soundings throughout. Unlike most maps published by the U.S.C.S., this map was never issued to be folded in a book. Rather, it is an extremely rare independent issue for actual nautical use. Backed with old linen. Published under the supervision of H. D. Ogden.
Date: 1874
References: None found.
Cartographer: The Office of the Coast Survey, founded in 1807 by President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of Commerce Albert Gallatin, is the oldest scientific organization in the U.S. Federal Government. Jefferson created the "Survey of the Coast," as it was then called, in response to a need for accurate navigational charts of the new nation's coasts and harbors. The first superintendent of the Coast Survey was Swiss immigrant and West Point mathematics professor Ferdinand Hassler. Under the direction of Hassler, from 1816 to 1843, the ideological and scientific foundations for the Coast Survey were established. Hassler, and the Coast Survey under him developed a reputation for uncompromising dedication to the principles of accuracy and excellence. Hassler lead the Coast Survey until his death in 1843, at which time Alexander Dallas Bache, a great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin, took the helm. Under the leadership A. D. Bache, the Coast Survey did most of its most important work. During his Superintendence, from 1843 to 1865, Bache was steadfast advocate of American science and navigation and in fact founded the American Academy of Sciences. Bache was succeeded by Benjamin Pierce who ran the Survey from 1867 to 1874. Pierce was in turn succeeded by Carlile Pollock Patterson who was Superintendent from 1874 to 1881. In 1878, under Patterson's superintendence, the U.S. Coast Survey was reorganized as the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (C & GS or USGS) to accommodate topographic as well as nautical surveys. Today the Coast Survey is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA. Click here for a list of rare maps from the U. S. Coast Survey.
Size: Printed area measures 37 x 27 inches (93.98 x 68.58 centimeters)
Condition: Average condition. Overall age toning. Backed on old linen. Wrinkles here and there. Contemporary hand color.
Code: LakeChamplain2-uscs-1874 (Necessary for phone inquiries: 646-320-8650)
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