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The town of Falmouth (present-day Portland, Me.) was the most important supplier of forest products in the British Empire before the American Revolutionary War. Falmouth's large harbor was well protected, was easily defendable and was adjacent to vast forests of white pine, all of which contributed to the town's commercial success. This 1777 chart of the region is the first state, or edition of the map, and it details the harbor islands, as well as inland topography, roads and settlements. By the dawn of the Revolutionary War, Britain was dependent on wood produced in the colonies, and Falmouth was a key component of the extensive lumber trade.
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Document identity
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3f463956g
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Falmouth Harbour
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map
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1
Source metadata
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3f463956g
contentType
map
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normalized
title
Falmouth Harbour
description
The town of Falmouth (present-day Portland, Me.) was the most important supplier of forest products in the British Empire before the American Revolutionary War. Falmouth's large harbor was well protected, was easily defendable and was adjacent to vast forests of white pine, all of which contributed to the town's commercial success. This 1777 chart of the region is the first state, or edition of the map, and it details the harbor islands, as well as inland topography, roads and settlements. By the dawn of the Revolutionary War, Britain was dependent on wood produced in the colonies, and Falmouth was a key component of the extensive lumber trade.
date
["[1770–1779]"]
year
1770
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_004978
creators
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Maritime Charts and Atlases
subjects
Nautical charts--Maine--Portland Harbor--Early works to 1800
Portland Harbor (Me.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Cumberland (county)
Maine
North and Central America
Portland Harbor
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Maine
county
Cumberland
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pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
London
publisher
J.F.W. Des Barres
Source extras
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sf268508b
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schema:latitude
43.65
schema:longitude
-70.2333
extent
1 chart ; 75 x 54 cm.
notes
Title from published bibliography.
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Appears in the author's Atlantic Neptune. London : J.F.W. Des Barres, 1777-[1781].
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3f463956g
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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