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Source Description
Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
6t053r56g
label
Curaçao
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
6t053r56g
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Curaçao
description
Relief shown by hachures; depths 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_006404
creators
Keulen, Gerard van.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Curaçao--Maps--Early works to 1800
Willemstad (Curaçao)--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Curacao
Curaçao
North and Central America
Willemstad
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
London
publisher
Printed for Robt. Sayer
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
dn39z222j
extent
1 map ; 45 x 60 cm.
notes
Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings.
Shows harbors, shoals and banks, plantations, salt pans, ruined houses, wells, anchorages and vegetation.
Includes inset of "Plan of Fort Amsterdam" and relief profiles.
"Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, no. 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs 20 Feby. 1775."
Prime meridians: London and Ferro.
Appears in the author's West-India atlas. London : Robert Sayer and John Bennett, 1783 [i.e. 1788].
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
6t053r56g
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
43f59b8535daaf3a