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Boston and other nearby towns, many of which were depicted pictorially, are located on this French chart of Boston Bay. Boston, with city blocks colored in different shades, covers most of the peninsula. The harbor is shown with navigational information such as islands, shoals, soundings, and channels. A note following the title indicates that the chart was based on British surveys. Le Rouge, the chart's publisher, is known to have published several volumes of maps, charts, and city plans relating to America from 1755 to 1778, many of which were based on the best contemporary English maps.
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3f462x15s
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Plan de Boston avec les sondes et les directions pour la navigation
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map
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3f462x15s
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map
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normalized
title
Plan de Boston avec les sondes et les directions pour la navigation
description
Boston and other nearby towns, many of which were depicted pictorially, are located on this French chart of Boston Bay. Boston, with city blocks colored in different shades, covers most of the peninsula. The harbor is shown with navigational information such as islands, shoals, soundings, and channels. A note following the title indicates that the chart was based on British surveys. Le Rouge, the chart's publisher, is known to have published several volumes of maps, charts, and city plans relating to America from 1755 to 1778, many of which were based on the best contemporary English maps.
date
["[1778]"]
year
1778
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_001251
creators
Le Rouge, Georges-Louis
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Mapping Boston Collection
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Maritime Charts and Atlases
subjects
Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Boston Bay--Early works to 1800
Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Boston Harbor--Early works to 1800
Boston Bay (Mass.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Boston Harbor (Mass.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Boston Harbor
Massachusetts
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
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pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Paris
publisher
Chez Le Rouge
Source extras
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sf268508b
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jq086303k
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42.3333
schema:longitude
-70.9667
extent
1 map : col. ; 52 x 87 cm.
notes
Relief shown by hachures.
Depths shown by soundings.
Based on A Chart of the harbour of Boston, with the soundings, sailing-marks, and other directions. [1777].
From the author's Pilote Américain Septentrional. 1778-79. v. 1.
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3f462x15s
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map
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