File:A new chart of the coast of America from Philadelphia to Halifax Harbor - by Wm. Heather, 1809; Stephenson, engraver. NYPL434046.tiff

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Description A new chart of the coast of America from Philadelphia to Halifax Harbor / by Wm. Heather, 1809 ; Stephenson, engraver.; Maps of North America. / Whole
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Annotated with yellow and red color to show lighthouses. ''Note 2.'') Backed with blue paper. ''Note 3.'') Includes notes and 7 panoramic views of sections of the coastline. ''Note 4.'') Insets: The harbor of New York -- The harbor of Boston -- The harbor of Halifax. ''Note 5.'') National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard. ''Note 6.'') NYPL copy has ms. notes in ink on verso: Chart of the coast of America from Philadelphia to Halifax Harbor. 63. ''Note 7.'') Oriented with north toward the upper right. ''Note 8.'') Relief shown pictorially and with hachures. Depths shown by soundings. ''Note 9.'') "Longitude west from London."
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Map Div. 01-5243 [Filed with North America]
Date Novr. 1st, 1809
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http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?imageID=1950397

institution QS:P195,Q219555
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William Heather  (1764–1812)  wikidata:Q53220328
 
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W. Heather
Description engraver, cartographer and publisher
Date of birth/death 1764 Edit this at Wikidata 2 October 1812 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Lambeth Hackney
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London (1793–1812) Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q53220328
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Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
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10-1-2004; updated 3-25-2011
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434046

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