NEW BEDFORD Harbor, Massachusetts - 1846 Colored Nautical Chart

A Colored Nautical Chart of NEW BEDFORD Harbor, Massachusetts published in 1846 by the United States Coast Survey. As is typical with Coast Survey charts of this period, the level of detail is astonishing. The extent of detail includes numerous soundings, abbreviations for type of bottom, individual roads and houses and excellent topographical detail.

The GENUINE ORIGINAL version of this map is Sold.

Framed 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.

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

This chart has been scanned From The ORIGINAL at 600 dpi using state of the art equipment {a Contex Large Format Scanner}. 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.

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

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.

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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