Sketch of the harbour of Charles Town

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Sketch of the harbour of Charles Town
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Item Information

Title:
Sketch of the harbour of Charles Town
Creator:
Durfee, Captain
Name on Item:
as described by Captain Durfee. Latitude of ship barr 32⁰:38ʹ 1st. March 1780
Date:
[1780]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local):
Library of Congress Collection
Subjects:
Harbors--South Carolina--Charleston--Maps--Early works to 1800
Manuscript maps
Charleston (S.C.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Charleston (county) > Charleston Harbor (bay)
Charleston (county) > Charleston
Extent:
1 manuscript map on sheet 30 x 19 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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Scale:
Scale ca. 1:166,000
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/gm71000639
Notes:
Manuscript, pen-and-ink.
Has watermark.
Oriented with north toward the upper right.
Depths shown by soundings.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1550
Identifier:
ar155000