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Source Description
This survey of Boston Harbor, first published in 1775 in Des Barres's Atlantic Neptune, was the pre-eminent chart of the harbor produced in the 18th century. It was used by the Royal Navy during the American Revolution, and long after that conflict by American and English merchants. The chart was based on surveys by George Callendar, master of His Majesty's Ship Romney, stationed in Boston Harbor in 1769. Displayed here is the fourth state of the chart which depicts the inland topography in great detail. Roads, taverns, streams and farmhouses are shown throughout the countryside.
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3f462x472
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A chart of the harbour of Boston
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map
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3f462x472
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map
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normalized
title
A chart of the harbour of Boston
description
This survey of Boston Harbor, first published in 1775 in Des Barres's Atlantic Neptune, was the pre-eminent chart of the harbor produced in the 18th century. It was used by the Royal Navy during the American Revolution, and long after that conflict by American and English merchants. The chart was based on surveys by George Callendar, master of His Majesty's Ship Romney, stationed in Boston Harbor in 1769. Displayed here is the fourth state of the chart which depicts the inland topography in great detail. Roads, taverns, streams and farmhouses are shown throughout the countryside.
date
["1781"]
year
1781
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
English
identifierLocal
06_01_001204
creators
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824
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
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Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
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1
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import
pubPlace
London
publisher
J.F.W. Des Barres
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42.3333
schema:longitude
-70.9667
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 82 x 122 cm.
notes
Longitude west from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich.
Appears in Des Barres Atlantic Neptune. London. 1781.
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3f462x472
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map
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