. Englisch: Diese schöne und wichtige Meer Karte zeigt das Wasser unmittelbar in der Umgebung der Insel Nantucket, Massachusetts, einschließlich Davis' Shoal, Old South Shoal, und andere. Gelegentlich, sehr wichtig, und oft unterbewertet, 1854 Karte zeigt eine wichtige Etappe in der Dokumentation der Schwärme aus Nantucket. Obwohl die unberechenbaren Gewässern vor Nantucket lange eine Nemesis wurden Schiffe auf der wichtigen London - New York Schifffahrtsrouten, hatten sie nie richtig eingetragen wurde. Die rauen Bedingungen, einschließlich schnelle unerwartete schwillt an und häufigen schweren Nebel, contriv

• Bildanbieter: The Picture Art Collection / Alamy Stock Foto
• Bild-ID: MMNW37
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• Format: 2338 x 2138 px | 39,6 x 36,2 cm | 15,6 x 14,3 inches | 150dpi

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. English: This beautiful and important sea chart or map depicts the waters immediately surrounding the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, including Davis’ Shoal, Old South Shoal, and others. Uncommon, highly significant, and often underappreciated, this 1854 map reveals an important stage in the charting of the shoals off Nantucket. Though the unpredictable waters off Nantucket were long a nemesis to sailing vessels on the important London – New York shipping routes, they had never been properly charted. The harsh conditions, including rapid unexpected swells and frequent heavy fog, contrived to make the hydrographic survey of the hazards south of Nantucket one of the most dangerous and challenging projects of the early Coast Survey. The first survey party to tackle this area was lead by the indomitable Lieutenant Commanding Charles H. Davis. Starting at Old South Shoal, a known danger, Davis worked his way southward and soon discovered “New South Shoal”, which is here renamed “Davis Shoal” in his honor. Working seasonally, it took the Coast Survey to 1853, fully seven years, to complete the survey of the Old South Shoal and Davis’ Shoal. Bache himself discussed the difficult of accurately mapping the regions south and west of Nantucket in his 1852 Congressional Report: The most difficult piece of hydrography on our coast has been completed during the past season. The area of broken ground east and south of the island of Nantucket is nearly seven hundred miles in extent, and is spread with dangers, some real and some only apparent. The work which has been prosecuted there perseveringly for some seasons has made the position of the dangers fully known, and has in turn employed the resources and taxed the perseverance of some of the most able hydrographers of the survey. It was commenced in 1846 by Lieut. C. H. Davis, U.S.N., has been continued since 1849 by Lieut. C. H. McBlair, and has this year been completed by Lieut. H. S. Stellwagen. The breakin