Chart of Plymouth Bay

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Chart of Plymouth Bay
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Item Information

Title:
Chart of Plymouth Bay
Creator:
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824
Date:
[1770–1779]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Plymouth Bay--Early works to 1800
Plymouth Bay (Mass.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Massachusetts > Plymouth (county) > Plymouth Bay
Extent:
1 chart : col. ; 67 x 49 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
London : J.F.W. Des Barres
Edition:
2nd state.
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:24,000]
Language:
English
Notes:
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Appears in the author's Atlantic Neptune.
Variant of entry 960 in LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789.
"12" engraved in small oval in upper right corner of the border; lacks imprint.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
06_01_008396
Call #:
G3762.P6P5 1777 .D47
Barcode:
39999065646349