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Depths shown by soundings.

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Document identity
localId
3f462z371
label
A chart of Nantucket Shoals
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
3f462z371
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A chart of Nantucket Shoals
description
Depths shown by soundings.
date
["[ca. 1798]"]
year
1798
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_004832
creators
Pinkham, Paul, 1736-1799
Pinkham, Paul, 1736-1799
Norman, William, -1807
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Maritime Charts and Atlases
subjects
Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Nantucket Shoals--Early works to 1800
Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Nantucket Sound--Early works to 1800
Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Nantucket Island (Mass.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Nantucket Shoals (Mass.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Nantucket Sound(Mass.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Dukes (county)
Massachusetts
Nantucket (county)
Nantucket Island
Nantucket Shoals
Nantucket Sound
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Dukes
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Boston]
publisher
Wm. Norman
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
dn39z223t
schema:latitude
41.3333
schema:longitude
-70.25
extent
1 map ; 50 x 77 cm
notes
Depths shown by soundings.
Two certificates in upper left, signed by Peleg Coffin and by nine navigators and dated Sept. 1st, 1790.
In Norman's The American pilot. Boston : William Norman, [approximately 1798].
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no
dcId
3f462z371
type
map
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