DESCRIPTION: Antebellum nautical chart of Gloucester ("Glocester"), MA. and Cape Ann Harbor from well known American publisher's of nautical charts and sailing directions, Edmund and George Blunt, and dated within to 1850. Noted features on this antique chart include Ten Pound Island, Ten Pound Island Ledge, Five Pound Island, Fort Point, Black Bess, Flat Point, and Norman's Woe Point with the nearby Norman's Woe Island. Includes numerous depth soundings, hazards, and aids to navigation as expected on a navigational chart. Shows a square fort at Fort Point near the Gloucester inner harbor but shows no structure in the location of Stage Point Fort.
The lighthouse on Ten Pound Island is shown near the mouth of the Gloucester inner harbor. The Ten Pound Island Light Station, originally a stone tower, was constructed on the island in 1821. That tower was replaced by the present cast-iron tower in 1881.
Topographic detail surrounding the harbor is shown through the use of light hachuring; numerous structures are shown scattered throughout that area.
The American Coast Pilot with other harbor charts, was published by Edmund and George W. Blunt from New York. The Blunts were the most prolific private publisher of navigational charts in the United States in the mid 19th century.
PUBLICATION DATE: 1850
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States
BODY OF WATER: Gloucester Harbor
CONDITION: Very Good.
Clean with no holes, tears or other issues. Somewhat light impression.
COLORING: None.
ENGRAVER: Hatch
SIZE: 7
" x
9 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 3
PRICE: $140
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