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Source Description
Based on the 1774 map appearing in The universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
4m90f8405
label
A new and accurate plan of the town of Boston in New England
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
4m90f8405
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A new and accurate plan of the town of Boston in New England
description
Based on the 1774 map appearing in The universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure.
date
["[1870?–1879?]"]
year
1870
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_011179
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Boston (Mass.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
N[ew] Y[ork]
publisher
Am. Photo-Lith. Co.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
extent
1 map ; 16 x 22 cm.
notes
Based on the 1774 map appearing in The universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure.
Oriented with north to the right.
Includes ill. and references to points of interest.
In lower right: (Osborne's process).
Original version: [London : for John Hinton, 1774].
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no
dcId
4m90f8405
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
95f3b1005a0721c9