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Source Description
A large fold-out chart of the New England coast appeared from 1732 to 1760 in "The English Pilot, The Fourth Book", the standard 18th-century British navigational guide to American waters. "The English Pilot", a continually updated collection of charts, was published in numerous editions for 100 years beginning in 1689. It was used primarily by American and English captains sailing in the Caribbean waters and along the east coast of North America. Reduced from a chart published in 1729 by Boston ship captain and America's earliest chart maker Cyprian Southack, this particular chart shows the northeastern coast from Long Island to New Scotland (Nova Scotia). It includes an inset of Boston Harbor, one of the few harbor maps published during this period of rapid expansion in Boston.
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Document identity
localId
cj82m0337
label
A correct map of the coast of New England
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obj
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map
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1
Source metadata
id
cj82m0337
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A correct map of the coast of New England
description
A large fold-out chart of the New England coast appeared from 1732 to 1760 in "The English Pilot, The Fourth Book", the standard 18th-century British navigational guide to American waters. "The English Pilot", a continually updated collection of charts, was published in numerous editions for 100 years beginning in 1689. It was used primarily by American and English captains sailing in the Caribbean waters and along the east coast of North America. Reduced from a chart published in 1729 by Boston ship captain and America's earliest chart maker Cyprian Southack, this particular chart shows the northeastern coast from Long Island to New Scotland (Nova Scotia). It includes an inset of Boston Harbor, one of the few harbor maps published during this period of rapid expansion in Boston.
date
["[1758–1760]"]
year
1758
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
05_04_000061
creators
Southack, Cyprian, 1662-1745
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--New England--Early works to 1800
Atlantic Coast (New England)--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
New England
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
London
publisher
[for W. & J. Mount & T. Page & son]
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
jq086303k
schema:latitude
44.2033
schema:longitude
-70.3039
extent
1 map : col. ; 127 x 47 cm.
notes
Appears in The English Pilot: 4th book. London: For W. & J. Mount & T. Page, [1758 or 1760].
Depths shown by soundings.
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no
dcId
cj82m0337
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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06fc1d7750c75ace