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Source Description
Manuscript map in ink and watercolor, drawn by a schoolgirl.
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Document identity
localId
2801vh693
label
New England
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
2801vh693
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
New England
description
Manuscript map in ink and watercolor, drawn by a schoolgirl.
date
["1834"]
year
1834
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_019163
creators
Durfee, Lucy
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
New England--Maps
subjectsGeographic
New England
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
genreSpecific
Manuscript maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
dn39z223t
schema:latitude
44.2033
schema:longitude
-70.3039
extent
1 manuscript map : hand colored ; 47 x 35 cm
notes
Manuscript map in ink and watercolor, drawn by a schoolgirl.
Relief shown pictorially.
Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.
Cartographer is possibly Lucy Durfee (Borden) of Rhode Island, 1821-1890, daughter of politician and jurist Job Durfee.
Possibly based on Jesse Olney's 1829 Map of the eastern states.
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no
dcId
2801vh693
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
67882dc1c81a38d9