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Source Description
This post-Revolutionary War map of Boston was the first of its kind printed in over half a century. It was the first time that a map showed the updated Boston's streets and topography since John Bonner and William Burgis printed maps in 1722 and 1728 respectively. Carleton, who fought in the battle of Bunker Hill, resided in Boston after the war where he established himself as a teacher of mathematics and geography, as well as a surveyor. He also became the city's leading mapmaker at the turn of the eighteenth-century, often collaborating on cartographic projects with John Norman.
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Document identity
localId
x633f8530
label
A plan of Boston, from actual survey
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obj
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map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
x633f8530
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A plan of Boston, from actual survey
description
This post-Revolutionary War map of Boston was the first of its kind printed in over half a century. It was the first time that a map showed the updated Boston's streets and topography since John Bonner and William Burgis printed maps in 1722 and 1728 respectively. Carleton, who fought in the battle of Bunker Hill, resided in Boston after the war where he established himself as a teacher of mathematics and geography, as well as a surveyor. He also became the city's leading mapmaker at the turn of the eighteenth-century, often collaborating on cartographic projects with John Norman.
date
["1796"]
year
1796
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
05_04_000072
creators
Carleton, Osgood, 1742-1816
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Mapping Boston Collection
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Boston (Mass.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
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
Boston
publisher
John West
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
jq086303k
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
extent
1 map ; 37 x 22 cm.
notes
From: Boston directory (1789), 1796.
Includes references to points of interest.
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no
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x633f8530
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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