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A New General Chart of the West Indies from the latest Marine Journals and Surveys Regulated and Ascertained by Astronomical Observations... Osgood Carlton.

  • ARTIST: William Norman

  • PUBLISHER: Printed & Sold by W. Norman No. Newbury St. (Boston)

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: 1789 (c.1803)

  • EDITION SIZE: Four sheets, joined. 27 1/4 x 39" (690 x 992 mm)

  • DESCRIPTION: The title continues with, "I the subscriber do certify that I have carefully examined this chart copied from a London publication agreeable to Act of Parliament and find it a true and accurate copy of the original. Osgood Carleton. Teacher of Navigation and other Branches of the Mathematics. Boston, Decr. 28, 1789." <br><br> In 1791 John Norman of Boston first published "The American Pilot, containing the navigation of the sea coast of North America…." This "Pilot" is the second sea atlas published in America, the first being by William Clark, published in 1789-1790. (Norman also had a part in Clark's "Pilot," as he was the engraver for a majority of the charts). <br><br> In 1794, William Norman appeared as the publisher of this Pilot, taking over from John. It is assumed that this chart likely first appeared in the 1794 edition, as it is the first time that William's name appears. This chart was offered both as part of the "Pilot," as well as being sold separately. This and all of Norman's charts are extremely rare today. Very few examples of the Pilot are known to exist and many of those are incomplete.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Overall in good condition save for some creases and minor splitting along folds. Right and left margins added. Backed on rice paper.

  • REFERENCE: Wheat & Brun #688 2nd state; Guthorn, United States coastal charts 1783-1861, p. 7-8.

  • CATEGORIES: Maps