Metia Island, Paumotu Group ; Taweree or St. Simeon or Resolution Island, Paumotu Group ; Takurea or Wolconsky Island, Paumotu Group ; Seagull Islands, Paumotu Group

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Title:
Metia Island, Paumotu Group ; Taweree or St. Simeon or Resolution Island, Paumotu Group ; Takurea or Wolconsky Island, Paumotu Group ; Seagull Islands, Paumotu Group
Cartographer:
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
Engraver:
Sherman & Smith
Surveyor:
Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877
Name on Item:
by the U.S. Ex. Ex. ; eng. by Sherman & Smith
Date:
[1840–1849]
Format:
Maps
Genre:
Nautical charts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Makatea (French Polynesia)--Maps
Tauere (French Polynesia)--Maps
Takume (French Polynesia)--Maps
Raeffsky Islands (French Polynesia)--Maps
Nautical charts--French Polynesia--Makatea
Nautical charts--French Polynesia--Tauere
Nautical charts--French Polynesia--Takume
Nautical charts--French Polynesia--Raeffsky Islands
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
Places:
French Polynesia (territory) > Makatea (island) > Tuamotu Islands (area)
Atoll Tauere
Takume
Groupe Raevski
Extent:
4 maps on 1 sheet ; 59 x 38 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/tx31vw02c
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:148,000
Scale approximately 1:148,000
Scale approximately 1:148,000
Scale approximately 1:148,000
Language:
English
Notes:
Published in Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842.
Depths shown pictorially.
Includes coastal view: [Metia Island] 6 miles dist. s.s.w.
Names of Ohiti and Tipotu islands switched on Seagull Islands map.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
06_01_017625
Call #:
G9631.P5 1840 .U557
Barcode:
39999085960688

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