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Source Description
Published for a French audience, this small, page-sized map depicts Boston Bay and its many islands in detail. The coast line extends from Nahant in the north all the way south to Hingham and Hull.
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Document identity
localId
3f462v321
label
Carte de la Baye de Baston
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
3f462v321
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Carte de la Baye de Baston
description
Published for a French audience, this small, page-sized map depicts Boston Bay and its many islands in detail. The coast line extends from Nahant in the north all the way south to Hingham and Hull.
date
["[1764]"]
year
1764
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
French
identifierLocal
06_01_001176
creators
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Mapping Boston Collection
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Maritime Charts and Atlases
subjects
Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Boston Bay
Boston Bay (Mass.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Boston Harbor
Massachusetts
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Paris
publisher
s.n.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
jq086303k
schema:latitude
42.3333
schema:longitude
-70.9667
extent
1 map ; 21 x 17 cm.
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Depths shown by soundings.
hasTranscription
no
dcId
3f462v321
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
dce5addb028ba44f