Historic Nautical Map - Narragansett Bay - US Navy 1832 - Vintage Wall Art

Old Travel Map - Narragansett Bay - US Navy 1832 - This is an exquisite full-color Reproduction printed on gloss paper or art paper.
Sites and Townships Specific To This Map Are: Newport, Bristol and Wickford.
The following towns are featured: Narragansett Bay, the first survey of the Bay by the U.S. government and a monument of American chart making. Wadsworth's chart illustrates soundings and navigational aids and hazards throughout Narragansett Bay and gives much detail of shoreline topography, islands, beaches, vegetation, marshes, lighthouses, ferry landings, and the towns of Newport, Bristol and Wickford. This was the product of the first systematic survey of the Bay since Charles Blaskowitz in the 1770s, who served under Des Barres. According to Guthorn, Wadsworth's 1832 survey was undertaken to assist in establishing a naval depot in the Newport area. Several members of WadsworthâË?â? s team went on to distinguished careers. While detached to the United States Coast Survey in the 1830s, Gedney discovered an important deep water channel leading into New York Bay. Charles Wilkes went on to command the NavyâË?â? s Depot of
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