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Source Description
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
3f462w09f
label
A chart of Boston Bay and vicinity
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
3f462w09f
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A chart of Boston Bay and vicinity
description
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
date
["1776"]
year
1776
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_004984
creators
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
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
Boston Bay (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
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[London]
publisher
J.F.W. Des Barres
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
dn39z222j
schema:latitude
42.3333
schema:longitude
-70.9667
extent
1 chart ; 76 x 106 cm.
notes
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Appears in the author's Atlantic Neptune. London : J.F.W. Des Barres, 1777-[1781].
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no
dcId
3f462w09f
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
543aac8d084c1377