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Source Description
Relief shown by hachures; depth shown by soundings.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
6t053r203
label
Tobago from actual surveys and observations
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
6t053r203
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Tobago from actual surveys and observations
description
Relief shown by hachures; depth shown by soundings.
date
["1775"]
year
1775
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_006374
creators
Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Tobago (Trinidad and Tobago)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Tobago (Trinidad and Tobago)--Administrative and political divisions--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Trinidad and Tobago
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
dn39z222j
schema:latitude
11.25
schema:longitude
-60.6667
extent
1 map ; 46 x 62 cm.
notes
Relief shown by hachures; depth shown by soundings.
Shows administrative boundaries and cultural features.
Includes descriptive text and inset maps "Man of War Bay" and "A survey of Great & Little Courland Bays, by David Ross."
"Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map and Printseller, no. 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs 20 Feby. 1775."
Prime meridian: Ferro.
Appears in the author's West-India atlas. London: Robert Sayer and John Bennet, 1783.
Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
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no
dcId
6t053r203
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
92c868ce7a230fbd