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Source Description
The 1694 copy of Southack's original chart was made by Augustine Fitzhugh. Boston Public Library copy is an exact duplicate, with exception of title and north point, of Boston Harbor in New England, 1689(?), in the English Pilot (book IV). Southack's earliest known effort was a chart of Boston Harbor, probably drawn in the late 1680s but now lost. It remains available, however, through the derivative displayed here. This chart is an 1884 copy of an ornate manuscript made in 1694 by London draughtsman Augustine Fitzhugh. Though the cartography is crude, the chart is an important example of how the work of colonial mapmakers was circulated back in the home country.
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Document identity
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1257bb08n
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A draught of Boston Harbor by Capt. Cyprian Southake
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obj
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map
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1
Source metadata
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1257bb08n
contentType
map
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normalized
title
A draught of Boston Harbor by Capt. Cyprian Southake
description
The 1694 copy of Southack's original chart was made by Augustine Fitzhugh. Boston Public Library copy is an exact duplicate, with exception of title and north point, of Boston Harbor in New England, 1689(?), in the English Pilot (book IV). Southack's earliest known effort was a chart of Boston Harbor, probably drawn in the late 1680s but now lost. It remains available, however, through the derivative displayed here. This chart is an 1884 copy of an ornate manuscript made in 1694 by London draughtsman Augustine Fitzhugh. Though the cartography is crude, the chart is an important example of how the work of colonial mapmakers was circulated back in the home country.
date
["[1694]"]
year
1694
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_004931
creators
Southack, Cyprian, 1662-1745
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Boston Harbor (Mass.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Boston (Mass.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Boston Harbor
Massachusetts
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
Manuscripts
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
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1
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S.l
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s.n.
Source extras
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sf268508b
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dn39z223t
schema:latitude
42.3333
schema:longitude
-70.9667
extent
1 ms. map : col. ; 49 x 35 cm.
notes
Depths shown by soundings.
Item is an 1884 manuscript copy of the original 1694 edition in the British Library. Item was made for Mr. H.F. Waters Esqr. and sent from London to Boston (cf. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, vol. II, sceond series, 1885-186, p. 479).
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no
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1257bb08n
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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