A Topographical Map of Hudson's River, with the Channels Depth of Water, Rocks, Shoals of &c. and the Country adjacent, from Sandy Hook, New York and Bay to Fort Edward ...
A Topographical Map of Hudson's River, with the Channels Depth of Water, Rocks, Shoals of &c. and the Country adjacent, from Sandy Hook, New York and Bay to Fort Edward ...
Entry/Object ID
L.2004.1
Description
Engraved map of Hudson River divided into three vertical sections: title runs across the top "A Topographical MAP of Hudson's River, with the CHANNELS Depth of Water, Rocks, Shoals, &c. and the COUNTRY adjacent / from SANDY-HOOK, NEW YORK and BAY to FORT EDWARD, also the Communication with CANADA by LAKE GEORGE and LAKE CHAMPLAIN, as high as FORT CHAMBLY on Sorel River. / BY CLAUDE JOSEPH SAUTHIER, on the Original Scale of Four Miles to One Inch, Engraved by WILLIAM FADEN Successor to the late Mr. Jeffreys Geographer to the King Charing Cross."; the panel on the left runs from Livingstons Creek and Palatine town south to Sandy Hook and the Highlands of Neversink; compass points with fleur-de-lis in lower right corner of panel; panel contains "MANNOR OF CORTLAND," "Courtland Mill," "Croton River,"Philipsburg" and "Upper Mills;" the middle panel runs from TICONDEROGA south to Palatine Town; "Scale of 12 Miles or 4 LEAGUES" And compass cross with fleur-de-lis in upper left corner; the panel on the right runs from Fort Chambly south to TICONDEROGO (sic); compass cross with fleur-de-lis 1/3 from bottom; relief shown by hachures, depths by soundings; map bordered by thin black line, thick blank line and plate mark; along bottom in italics: "Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Oct.r 1.st 1776, by Wm. Faden Corner of St. Martins Lane Charing Cross LONDON."
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
William Faden
Attribution
Engraver
Artist
Claude Joseph Sauthier
Attribution
Cartographer
Date made
Oct 1776
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Inscription
Transcription
(See Description)
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Width irregular, torn and folded edges
Height
32-13/16 in
Width
26 in
Dimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 32 13/16 x 26 in. (83.3 x 66 cm)
Material
Paper (laid), ink
Condition
Notes
Remarks: Viewer's left side folded and torn, viewer's right side slightly folded and torn, map folded in half horizontally, staining along fold, stain on right hand panel due west of Bayedes Francois, notch out of viewer's upper right corner, overall surface dirt.
General Notes
Note Type
StorageNote
Note
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 29D