Buzzards Bay and shoals of Nantucket

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Buzzards Bay and shoals of Nantucket
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Item Information

Title:
Buzzards Bay and shoals of Nantucket
Title (alt.):
Nantucket Shoals
Creator:
Knight, John
Date:
[1778]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local):
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Subjects:
Buzzards Bay (Mass. : Bay)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Nantucket Sound (Mass.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Buzzards Bay (Bay)--Early works to 1800
Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Nantucket Sound--Early works to 1800
Coasts--Massachusetts--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Buzzards Bay
Extent:
col. map on sheet 55 x 101 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. 1:100,000
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/gm72003569
Notes:
Title on verso: Nantucket Shoals and Buzzards's Bay by Lieutt. Knight, 1778.
Soundings shown in fathoms.
Manuscript, pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor.
Watermark: Large fleur-de-lis in a shield surmounted by a crown over an undecipherable figure, all of which are over the letters GR and J. Whatman.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
LCCN:
gm 72003569