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Southack, who lived in Boston after 1685, is recognized as America's first chartmaker. His extensive experience as a navigator and privateer in America's waters enabled him to produce several charts of the New England coast. This one provided detailed navigational aids for the northeast coast from Long Island to Cape Breton Island. Besides an inset of Boston Harbor, it also included insets of New York Harbor, Casco Bay, and Halifax Harbor. Another version of this chart appeared in various editions of The English Pilot, The Fourth Book, the standard 18th century guide to English navigation.
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3f462t65c
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An actual survey of the sea coast from New York to the I. Cape Brition
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map
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1
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3f462t65c
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map
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normalized
title
An actual survey of the sea coast from New York to the I. Cape Brition
description
Southack, who lived in Boston after 1685, is recognized as America's first chartmaker. His extensive experience as a navigator and privateer in America's waters enabled him to produce several charts of the New England coast. This one provided detailed navigational aids for the northeast coast from Long Island to Cape Breton Island. Besides an inset of Boston Harbor, it also included insets of New York Harbor, Casco Bay, and Halifax Harbor. Another version of this chart appeared in various editions of The English Pilot, The Fourth Book, the standard 18th century guide to English navigation.
date
["[1735]"]
year
1735
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
reuseAllowed
creative commons
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_001236
creators
Southack, Cyprian, 1662-1745
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Mapping Boston Collection
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Maritime Charts and Atlases
subjects
Nautical charts--Atlantic Coast (North America)--Early works to 1800
Atlantic Coast (North America)--Maps--Early works to 1800
New England--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
New England
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
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pageCount
1
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London
publisher
Sold by I. Mount, T. Page and W. Mount
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sf268508b
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jq086303k
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44.2033
schema:longitude
-70.3039
extent
1 map ; 107 x 126 cm.
notes
Shows longitude east and west from Boston.
Depths shown by soundings. Soundings in feet.
Includes tables, distance charts, and insets of New York, Boston, and Halifax harbors, Casco Bay, and Annapolis Royal.
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no
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3f462t65c
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map
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1
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0
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