New York Bay and Harbor - Nautical Chart 1866

A reproduction of a colored nautical chart of New York Bay and Harbor by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1873.
In 1807, President Thomas Jefferson signed a bill for the "Survey of the Coast," thus establishing the United States Coast Survey. In its early decades, the Coast Survey was responsible for charting the coastlines.

Framed replica maps include dry mounting, UV filtering glass, and your choice of six mouldings, wired and ready to hang upon delivery. All mouldings are approximately 1.5" wide. Please factor in an additional 3" to the listed size for framed items.

Custom sizes are available. If you are interested in a custom size, please let us know through the "ask a question" button in this listing.

This map has been scanned From OUR ORIGINAL at 600 dpi using state of the art equipment. The replica map is printed on heavy matte fine art paper using archival pigment inks. This is one of over 5000 Original maps, charts and posters in our collection.
Many reproduction maps that are available on Etsy are taken directly from public domain sources {NY Public Library, Library of Congress, etc}. Although great for research purposes, these image files frequently suffer from poor color accuracy, lens blur and distortion. The maps in our collection have been scanned from the ORIGINAL, flat, at high resolution and with precisely calibrated color. This allows us to prints replicas that are virtually indistinguishable from the original maps.


The GENUINE ORIGINAL version of this map is Sold.

FRAMED ORIGINAL maps include: museum quality backing board, UV filtering glass, and your choice of mouldings, wired and ready to hang upon delivery.

All sizes are approximate, we round up or down to the nearest inch

Retailers who would like to carry our Maps, please contact us through the "ask a question" button in this listing, for information and discounts.

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