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Source Description
Shows fortifications, street pattern of Charleston and vegetation.
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Document identity
localId
ht250353q
label
Sketch of Charleston Harbor
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
ht250353q
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Sketch of Charleston Harbor
description
Shows fortifications, street pattern of Charleston and vegetation.
date
["[1861]"]
year
1861
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_014624
creators
Williams, W. A., active 19th century
Redding & Co.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Fortification--South Carolina--Charleston Region--Maps
Charleston Harbor (S.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Charleston (county)
Charleston Harbor
North and Central America
South Carolina
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
South Carolina
county
Charleston
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston
publisher
Redding & Co.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
32.75
schema:longitude
-79.8833
extent
1 map ; 24 x 25 cm
notes
Shows fortifications, street pattern of Charleston and vegetation.
Depths shown by soundings.
Insets: Castle Pinckney -- Fort Sumpter [sic] -- Fort Moultrie.
Compare LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 385 for similar printing distributed by L. Prang & Co.
Variation of LC copy; some military information not included.
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no
dcId
ht250353q
type
map
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
974d540157e04ec8