Plan de la ville de Boston

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Plan de la ville de Boston
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Item Information

Title:
Plan de la ville de Boston
Description:
Published for a French audience, this small, page-sized map depicts Boston and Charlestown. The legend identifies fortifications, churches, and other public buildings. Although unsigned, this plan is similar to others prepared by Bellin, hydrographer to the French King.
Creator:
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Date:
[1764]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Boston (Mass.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 map : hand col. ; 30 x 23 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Paris : Bellin
Scale:
Scale : 1:130,000.
Language:
French
Notes:
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes index to points of interest.
Appears in Bellin's Petite atlas maritime. Paris, 1764.
In upper margin: "Tome I. No. 31."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
06_01_008256
Call #:
G3764.B6 1764 .B4
Barcode:
39999052508031