The coast of Maine from modern Portland to Desert Island

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Item Information

Title:
The coast of Maine from modern Portland to Desert Island
Contributor:
Holland, Samuel, 1728-1801
Creator:
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1729-1824
Date:
[1768]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Nautical charts
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Maine--Maps
Places:
Maine
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 78 x 162.5 cm.
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Scale:
Scale ca. 1:126,720.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Finished, colored, topographical survey of the coast line with soundings indicated along the shore.
This may be one of the drawings prepared under the direction of Samuel Holland for Des Barres's Atlantic Neptune.
Finished cartouche border at top center but without title.
Clinton Map 30.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
8248
Barcode:
B2990427