A chart of the Harbour of Boston, with the soundings, sailing-marks, and other directions

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A chart of the Harbour of Boston, with the soundings, sailing-marks, and other directions
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Title:
A chart of the Harbour of Boston, with the soundings, sailing-marks, and other directions
Contributor:
Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
Date:
[1776]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local):
Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects:
Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Boston Harbor--Early works to 1800
Boston Harbor (Mass.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Boston Harbor
Extent:
1 chart : col. ; 53 x 88 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
London : R. Sayer and J. Bennett
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:28,000]
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
MVLA record
Notes:
Depth shown by soundings. Relief shown by hachures.
Shows fortifications and settlements.
Appears in the North American Pilot for New England, New York ... London: R. Sayer & J. Bennett, 1776.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
06_01_009523