Edmund March Blunt

Edmund March Blunt
Born June 20, 1770[1]
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States[1]
Occupation Navigator, publisher, writer
The harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, by Blunt, 1822

Edmund March Blunt (born June 20, 1770)[1] was an American navigator and publisher of nautical magazines. He published American Coastal Pilot. Blunt created a map in 1796 of what is now the Federated States of Micronesia.[2]

Personal life

Blunt was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire,[1] and lived in Sing Sing, New York.[1][3] He had three sons: Nathaniel B., Joseph and Edward. Edmund Blunt was a hydrographer.[1]

Nautical publisher

Blunt published Blunt's Coastal Pilot, which became American Coast Pilot.[2][3] American Coast Pilot began publication in 1796, published in Newburyport, Massachusetts. It was published until 1858 by the United States Hydrographic Office, marking 18 editions. Its final publication was produced in New York.[1][3]

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