A chart of Tibee Inlet in Georgia

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Item Information

Title:
A chart of Tibee Inlet in Georgia
Contributor:
Lyford, William
Name on Item:
A: B: July 30th 1776
Date:
July 30, 1776
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Nautical charts
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Tybee Island (Ga. : Island)--Maps
Savannah River (Ga. and S.C.)--Maps
Places:
Georgia > Chatham (county) > Tybee Island (island)
Savannah River
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 37.7 x 48 cm.
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Scale:
Scale 1:63,360.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
From the Strachey Papers (Clements Library), Dartmouth, vol. 1, p. 339.
Finished, colored, topographical map showing Tybee Inlet, soundings in the channel, the lighthouse, a fort on Cockspur Island, and the lazzaretto on Tybee Island.
On the verso are sailing directions for entering the river signed: Willm. Lyford, branch pilot, for the barr and river of Savannah in Georgia.
Title cartouche features watercolor of a pine tree and stalks of corn.
Identifier:
8363
Barcode:
B2640504