Curaçao

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Curaçao
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Item Information

Title:
Curaçao
Creator:
Keulen, Gerard van.
Name on Item:
from the Dutch originals, of Gerard van Keulen, regulated by astronomical observations.
Date:
1775
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Curaçao--Maps--Early works to 1800
Willemstad (Curaçao)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Curacao (territory) > Curaçao (island)
Curacao (territory)
Curacao (territory) > Curaçao (island) > Willemstad
Extent:
1 map ; 45 x 60 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
London : Printed for Robt. Sayer
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:120,000]
Language:
English
Notes:
Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings.
Shows harbors, shoals and banks, plantations, salt pans, ruined houses, wells, anchorages and vegetation.
Includes inset of "Plan of Fort Amsterdam" and relief profiles.
"Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, no. 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs 20 Feby. 1775."
Prime meridians: London and Ferro.
Appears in the author's West-India atlas. London : Robert Sayer and John Bennett, 1783 [i.e. 1788].
Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Identifier:
06_01_006404
Call #:
G5180 1775 .K48
Barcode:
39999059025427