A chart of the harbour of Boston
Item Information
- Title:
- A chart of the harbour of Boston
- Cartographer:
- Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1729-1824
- Writer of added text:
- Callendar, George
- Date:
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1775
- Format:
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Maps/Atlases
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center - Collection (local):
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Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
- Subjects:
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Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Boston Harbor--Early works to 1800
Boston (Mass.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Boston Harbor (Mass.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Places:
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MassachusettsBoston Harbor
MassachusettsSuffolk (county)Boston
- Extent:
- 1 chart : col. ; 70 x 103 cm. + text (1 page ; 78 x 57 cm)
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Publisher:
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[London] :
J.F.W. Des Barres
- Edition:
- 3rd state.
- Scale:
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Scale [ca. 1:25,000]
- Language:
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English
- Notes:
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Title from published bibliography.
Relief shown by hachures and shading. Depths shown by soundings.
Table of references identifies major pre-Revolutionary fortification features of Boston.
Chart principally taken from surveys by George Callendar in 1769.
From the author's Atlantic Neptune.
Plat enumber "11" engraved in a small oval in the upper right corner of border.
Accompanied by Nautical remarks and directions (1 page ; 78 x 57 cm).
- Identifier:
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06_01_004476
06_01_008481
- Call #:
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G1106.P5 D47 1781
- Barcode:
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30000003813945