Carte particuliere du havre de Boston : avec les sondes les bancs de Sable, les rochers les Amaies et les autres directions utiles à la navigation

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Carte particuliere du havre de Boston
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Title:
Carte particuliere du havre de Boston : avec les sondes les bancs de Sable, les rochers les Amaies et les autres directions utiles à la navigation
Description:
This detailed navigational chart shows shallows, sandbars, rocks, and other directions useful to ship captains trying to navigate their way through Boston Harbor. Clearly marked shoals within the harbor occupy present-day reclaimed and developed areas. By using techniques of shading and hachuring, the chart also portrays the inland terrain. It depicts roads, individual buildings, as well as small tracks of land. Published by the French Dépôt des Cartes et Plans de la Marine, this chart was based on one by English hydrographer Joseph Des Barres, which appeared in his Atlantic Neptune (1777-1781).
Creator:
Chabert, Joseph Bernard, marquis de, 1724-1805
Name on Item:
réduite de la carte anglaise de J. E. S. Des Barres, écuyer ; la déclinaison de l'aiguille aimantée à été observée de 6d. 4'. N.O. en 8bre. 1778, par M. le marquis de Chabert qui à sussi déterminé à terre la latitude de divers points auxquels cette carte à été assujetie ; dressée au Dépôt Général des Cartes, Plans et Journaux de la marine ... par ordre de M. de Sartine ... petit, sculp.
Date:
1780
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
Boston Bay (Mass.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Massachusetts > Boston Harbor
Extent:
1 map ; 67 x 92 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:
Paris : Depot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:33,000].
Language:
French
Notes:
Relief shown by hachures.
Depths shown by soundings.
Prime meridian: Paris.
"No. 336."
Appears in the Neptune Americo Septentrional. Paris, 1778-80.
Identifier:
06_01_001168
Barcode:
39999052507561