A chart of the harbour of Boston

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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:
1775
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
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:
Massachusetts > Boston Harbor
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 chart : col. ; 70 x 103 cm. + text (1 page ; 78 x 57 cm)
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[London] : J.F.W. Des Barres
Edition:
1st state.
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:25,000]
Language:
English
Notes:
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.
Accompanied by nautical remarks and directions (1 page ; 78 x 57 cm)
Identifier:
06_01_004985
06_01_008397
Call #:
G1106.P5 D4 1777
Barcode:
30000002807418