Plan de la ville et du port de Boston : capitale de la Nouvelle Angleterre

Add to My Favorites

Plan de la ville et du port de Boston
This map is also available in American Revolutionary Geographies Online (ARGO), a collections portal especially built for material relating to the American Revolutionary War Era. Visit ARGO to learn more about this item and explore the historical geography of North America in the late eighteenth century.

Item Information

Title:
Plan de la ville et du port de Boston : capitale de la Nouvelle Angleterre
Description:
Displayed here is the first state of Lattre's plan of Boston. The plan here was also separately issued. Describing Boston in the years before the American Revolutionary war, the plan includes information on shoals, soundings in the harbor, and the surrounding countryside. Lattre was the Royal Engraver to Louis XVI from 1776 to 1782, and is most famous for his "Carte des Etats-Unis ..."
Creator:
Lattré, Jean.
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 : col. ; 47 x 67 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Paris : Chés Lattré
Scale:
Scale ca. 1:11,300
Language:
French
Notes:
Hand colored.
Relief shown pictorially.
Attributed to Bellin in Boston Engineering Department's List of maps of Boston published between 1600 and 1903.
Includes text, ward index, and index to points of interest.
Identifier:
06_01_006615
Call #:
G3764.B6 1764 .B45
Barcode:
39999052508056