U.S. Coast Survey, Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire

Title: Preliminary chart of U.S. Coast Survey, Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire
Artist/Publisher: U.S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supdt.
Date:  1854
Map Type: Fine Art Reproduction from Original Hand Colored Lithograph  
Size: 32.5" x 23.5" (full margins)
Original Print Size: 25" x 18" (image); 27.75" x 20" (full margins) 
Description:   The U.S. Coast Survey, a federal agency was founded in the early 1800's.  Ferdinand Hassler was the first Superintendent of the Coast Survey (1816 - 1818 & 1832 - 1843).  At the helm he instilled two key principals, accuracy and precision.  Alexander Dallas Bache, Benjamin Framklin's great grandson, became Superintendent in 1843 after Hassler's death.  The Coast Survey prospered under Bache's leadership, becoming one of the first great science organizations of the US Government.  A. D. Bache presided over the early establishment of the American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science.  He was also the founder of the National Academy of Science.
U.S. Coast Survey charts like this one of Portsmouth harbor, NH, were created and issued for navigation and contained all navigational information necessary for ship travel on coastal waters.  Map includes Little Harbor, NewCastle and Gerrish Islands, the inlet to the Piscataqua River and southern Maine points along the river.

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