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Source Description
Shows ocean currents, buildings, forts, fields, magnetic declination, etc.
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Document identity
localId
3f462x536
label
Plan of the bay, rock and town of Gibraltar, from an actual survey by an officer who was at Gibraltar from 1769 to 1775
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obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
3f462x536
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Plan of the bay, rock and town of Gibraltar, from an actual survey by an officer who was at Gibraltar from 1769 to 1775
description
Shows ocean currents, buildings, forts, fields, magnetic declination, etc.
date
["1781"]
year
1781
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_014653
creators
Faden, William, 1749-1836
Faden, William, 1749-1836
Faden, William, 1749-1836
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Gibraltar, Bay of (Spain)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Gibraltar--Maps--Early works to 1800
Gibraltar--History--Siege, 1779-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Bay of Gibraltar
Europe
Gibraltar
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
London
publisher
William Faden
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
36.1333
schema:longitude
-5.35
extent
1 map : hand colored ; 52 x 73 cm
notes
Shows ocean currents, buildings, forts, fields, magnetic declination, etc.
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Oriented with north to the right.
Includes some notes about the siege.
Conservation of this piece was funded by Alan and Sherry Leventhal in memory of his father, Norman B. Leventhal whose vision to create this Map Center will inspire generations to come.
Map 12 in a composite atlas with the title "Atlas of the world."
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no
dcId
3f462x536
type
map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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92e6df7af0f5a4d0