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Source Description
Published for a French audience, this small, page-sized map depicts Boston and Charlestown. The legend identifies fortifications, churches, and other public buildings. Although unsigned, this plan is similar to others prepared by Bellin, hydrographer to the French King.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
3t947b88n
label
Plan de la ville de Boston
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
3t947b88n
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Plan de la ville de Boston
description
Published for a French audience, this small, page-sized map depicts Boston and Charlestown. The legend identifies fortifications, churches, and other public buildings. Although unsigned, this plan is similar to others prepared by Bellin, hydrographer to the French King.
date
["[1764]"]
year
1764
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
French
identifierLocal
06_01_008256
creators
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Boston (Mass.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Paris
publisher
Bellin
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
dn39z222j
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 30 x 23 cm.
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes index to points of interest.
Appears in Bellin's Petite atlas maritime. Paris, 1764.
In upper margin: "Tome I. No. 31."
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no
dcId
3t947b88n
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map
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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0de7eea3a4c4d9dc