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| Keywords: 1859 U.S. Coast Survey Chart or Map of Hempstead Harbor, Long Island, New York - Geographicus - HempsteadHarbor-uscs-1859.jpg This is a very nice example of the 1859 U S Coast Survey nautical chart or map of Hempstead Harbor Long Island Focusing on the harbor as titled this map covers from Prospect Point to Redspring Point and as far south as Harbor Beach and East Beach includes Carpenters Neck Mosquito Neck Motts Point and parts of Cowneck There are countless depth soundings throughout The trigonometrical survey for this map was compiled by F R Hassler and A D Bache The triangulation is the work of E Blunt The topography was accomplished by F H Gerdes The Hydrography was completed by a party under the command of T B Huger The entire chart was produced under the supervision of A D Bache of the most prolific and influential Superintendents of the U S Coast Survey 1859 dated Size in 14 5 18 5 object history credit line accession number HempsteadHarbor-uscs-1859 <i>Report of the Superintendant of the United States Coast Survey </i> Washington 1859 Geographicus-source PD-art United States Coast Survey maps 1859 maps Old maps of Long Island Hempstead Village New York | ||||
