Chart of the coast of America from Cape Henry to Albermarle Sound

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Chart of the coast of America from Cape Henry to Albermarle Sound
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Title:
Chart of the coast of America from Cape Henry to Albermarle Sound
Creator:
Clark, Matthew.
Date:
[1790]
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--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--Early works to 1800
Nautical charts--Virginia--Early works to 1800
Nautical charts--North Carolina--Early works to 1800
Coasts--Virginia--Maps--Early works to 1800
Coasts--North Carolina--Maps--Early works to 1800
Atlantic Coast (Va.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Atlantic Coast (N.C.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
North Carolina
Chesapeake Bay
Virginia
Extent:
1 map : hand col. ; 42 x 61 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Boston : Published & sold by Matthew Clark
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:438,000]
Language:
English
Notes:
Also covers lower Chesapeake Bay.
Depths shown by soundings.
Includes note judging the chart accurate, signed by Osgood Carleton.
Appears in Clark's [Charts of the coast of America from Cape Breton to the entrance of the Gulf of Mexico]. Boston, 1790.
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Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
06_01_010399
Call #:
G1106.P5 C5 1790
Barcode:
30000003278478