Edmund March Blunt

For the 19th-century New York pilot boat, see Edmund Blunt (pilot boat).

Edmund March Blunt
Edmund March Blunt (1770–1862).
Born(1770-06-20)June 20, 1770[1]
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States[1]
DiedJanuary 4, 1862(1862-01-04) (aged 91)
Sing Sing, New York, United States
Occupation(s)Navigator, publisher, writer
SpouseSarah Ross[2]
The harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, by Blunt, 1822

Edmund March Blunt (June 20, 1770 – January 4, 1862) was an American navigator, writer, and publisher of nautical magazines.[3] He established a nautical book and chart publishing firm that became the largest publishing firm in the early 19th century.[4] In 1796, he published American Coastal Pilot, which described every port of the United States. Blunt created a map in 1796 of what is now the Federated States of Micronesia.[5]

  1. ^ a b Samuel Austin Allibone (1859). A critical dictionary of English literature, and British and American authors living and deceased. p. 211. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  2. ^ New York Marriages, 1686-1980.
  3. ^ Brown, John Howard (1899). Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States, Volume 1. p. 333. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  4. ^ Section, National Ocean Survey Physical Science Services Branch Cartographic Support (December 16, 1982). "National Ocean Survey Historical Cartobibliography II: Age of Exploration". U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Survey – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "A New Chart of Part of the North Pacific Ocean Exhibiting the Various Straits, Islands and Dangers". World Digital Library. Retrieved May 23, 2013.