A new suruey of the harbour of Boston in New England

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A new suruey of the harbour of Boston in New England
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Title:
A new suruey of the harbour of Boston in New England
Title (alt.):
New survey of the harbour of Boston in New England
Description:
This chart of Boston Harbor is a rare Irish printing that was pirated from the anonymous English chart that first appeared in Mount and Page's 1707 edition of The English Pilot, The Fourth Book, as well as their 1708 edition of Atlas Maritimus Novus. However, this chart was re-engraved and printed from a separate copper plate. Although at the time, this survey was over forty years old, it continued to function as the most accurate printed chart of Boston Harbor.
Creator:
Grierson, George, d. 1753
Name on Item:
done by order of the principall officers and comissioners of his Ma.ties Navy and sold by George Grierson at the two bibles in Essex Street Dublin
Date:
1749
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Private Collection
Collection (local):
Mapping Boston Collection
Subjects:
Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Boston Harbor--Early works to 1800
Boston Harbor (Mass.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Massachusetts > Boston Harbor
Extent:
1 map ; 41 x 53 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
Dublin : George Grierson
Scale:
Scale not given
Language:
English
Notes:
Depth shown by soundings.
Identifier:
06_01_001197
Barcode:
39999052508569