Baye de la Delaware avec les ports, sondes, dangers, bancs, &c. depuis les caps jusqu'a Philadelphie : d'après la carte de Joshua Fisher publie a Philadelfia, à la Havana, Chéz de Moun̂oz, rue du Soléille, 1785, 1777

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Title:
Baye de la Delaware avec les ports, sondes, dangers, bancs, &c. depuis les caps jusqu'a Philadelphie : d'après la carte de Joshua Fisher publie a Philadelfia, à la Havana, Chéz de Moun̂oz, rue du Soléille, 1785, 1777
Contributor:
Fisher, Joshua, 1707-1783
Le Rouge, Georges-Louis
Moun̂oz (Firm)
Creator:
Ybarra, (Cartographer)
Name on Item:
Ybarra fecit
Date:
[1785]
Format:
Maps
Manuscripts
Location:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local):
Library of Congress Collection
Subjects:
Nautical charts--Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.)--Early works to 1800
Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Nautical charts--Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)--Early works to 1800
Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Delaware River
Delaware Bay
Extent:
1 manuscript map : hand color 47 x 66 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/q524nb803
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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Scale:
Scale ca. 1:200,000
Language:
French
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/74691702
Notes:
Manuscript, pen-and-ink, and watercolor.
Depths shown in fathoms.
Oriented with north to the right.
Place names in English.
Copied from Georges Louis LeRouge's Pilote américain septentrional. 1778. v. 1, pl. no. 14.
Includes "Direcctions pour monter la baye de Delaware" and inset.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1364
LC Luso-Hispanic World, 818
Identifier:
ar136400

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