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[CLARK, Matthew. Charts of the Coast of America from Cape Breton to the entrance of the gulf of Mexico. Boston: M. Clark, 1790]
2o (645 x 425 mm). One letterpress sheet (folded and repaired, with perforated stamp) and 18 engraved maps joined together in pairs, with slightly varying plate sizes, each approx. 630 x 420 mm. or 440 x 610 mm. (torn with some chipping and occasional loss to image, staining and offsetting). Modern cloth.
FIRST EDITION OF THE LARGEST PRINTED SURVEY OF THE EAST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA, presumably issued without a title-page. The maps were sold individually and bound together. The Chart of the Coast of America comprises 18 engraved maps joined as pairs depicting territory from Cape Breton to the Gulf of Mexico. Contents: maps 1 and 2: From Porte Howe to C. Breton and From Charlotte Bay to Porte Howe; maps 3 and 4: From Cape Forcher to Liverpool B. and From Mouse Harbr. to Mahone Bay; maps 5 and 6: From C. Eliz. to Mouse harbour and From Cape Cod to Cape Elizabeth; maps 7 and 8: From George's Bank to Rhode Island including Nantucket Shoal, &c...1789 and From New York to Rhode Island. 1789; maps 9 and 10: From New York Harbour to Cape May and From Cape May to Machapungo; maps 11 and 12: From Cape Henry to Albermarle Sound and From Albermarle Sound to Cape Lookout; maps 13 and 14: From Cape Fear to Helens Sound and From Cape Fear to Cape Lookout; maps 15 and 16: From the Nd. of St. Augustin to Ayes Inlet and From St. Helens Sound [to] St. Johns River; maps 17 and 18: Thro' the Gulph of Florida and Through the Gulph of Florida to the Entrance of the Gulph of Mexico. The order of the maps is reversed, beginning with no. 18 and ending with no.1.
The printed sheet accompanying the maps includes a dedication to John Hancock and the following advertisement with two manuscript corrections signed by Osgood Carleton: "At the desire of the Publisher of this Book; and being recommended for that purpose, by the Boston Marine Society, I have with the strictest scrutiny, examined these Charts... These Charts I believe to be more accurate then any before published; and drawn upon a much larger scale than any heretofore, considering the extent." As working charts, only a few copies survived their use at sea. According to the Maryland State Archives only eight copies of the Atlas are known. No copy sold at action in the past 60 years. Phillips 3667.
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FIRST EDITION OF THE LARGEST PRINTED SURVEY OF THE EAST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA, presumably issued without a title-page. The maps were sold individually and bound together. The Chart of the Coast of America comprises 18 engraved maps joined as pairs depicting territory from Cape Breton to the Gulf of Mexico. Contents: maps 1 and 2: From Porte Howe to C. Breton and From Charlotte Bay to Porte Howe; maps 3 and 4: From Cape Forcher to Liverpool B. and From Mouse Harbr. to Mahone Bay; maps 5 and 6: From C. Eliz. to Mouse harbour and From Cape Cod to Cape Elizabeth; maps 7 and 8: From George's Bank to Rhode Island including Nantucket Shoal, &c...1789 and From New York to Rhode Island. 1789; maps 9 and 10: From New York Harbour to Cape May and From Cape May to Machapungo; maps 11 and 12: From Cape Henry to Albermarle Sound and From Albermarle Sound to Cape Lookout; maps 13 and 14: From Cape Fear to Helens Sound and From Cape Fear to Cape Lookout; maps 15 and 16: From the Nd. of St. Augustin to Ayes Inlet and From St. Helens Sound [to] St. Johns River; maps 17 and 18: Thro' the Gulph of Florida and Through the Gulph of Florida to the Entrance of the Gulph of Mexico. The order of the maps is reversed, beginning with no. 18 and ending with no.1.
The printed sheet accompanying the maps includes a dedication to John Hancock and the following advertisement with two manuscript corrections signed by Osgood Carleton: "At the desire of the Publisher of this Book; and being recommended for that purpose, by the Boston Marine Society, I have with the strictest scrutiny, examined these Charts... These Charts I believe to be more accurate then any before published; and drawn upon a much larger scale than any heretofore, considering the extent." As working charts, only a few copies survived their use at sea. According to the Maryland State Archives only eight copies of the Atlas are known. No copy sold at action in the past 60 years. Phillips 3667.
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