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Source Description
Manuscript map in ink and watercolor, drawn by a schoolgirl.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
2r371030r
label
Europe
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
2r371030r
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Europe
description
Manuscript map in ink and watercolor, drawn by a schoolgirl.
date
["1834"]
year
1834
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_019164
creators
Durfee, Lucy
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Europe--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Europe
genreBasic
Maps
genreSpecific
Manuscript maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
56.2
schema:longitude
15.016
extent
1 manuscript map : hand colored ; 39 x 49 cm
notes
Manuscript map in ink and watercolor, drawn by a schoolgirl.
Relief shown pictorially.
Prime meridian: [Greenwich].
Cartographer is possibly Lucy Durfee (Borden) of Rhode Island, 1821-1890, daughter of politician and jurist Job Durfee.
Possibly based on Jesse Olney's 1829 map of Europe.
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no
dcId
2r371030r
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
07f94fe5459c408b