A plan of the bay and harbor of Boston : surveyed agreeably to the orders and instructions of the Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, to Samuel Holland, Esqr., His Majesty's Surveyor General of Lands for the Northern District of North America

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A plan of the bay and harbor of Boston
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Title:
A plan of the bay and harbor of Boston : surveyed agreeably to the orders and instructions of the Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, to Samuel Holland, Esqr., His Majesty's Surveyor General of Lands for the Northern District of North America
Creator:
Wheeler, Thomas
Author:
Grant, James, surveyor and draughtsman
Contributor:
Holland, Samuel, 1728-1801
Name on Item:
by Messrs. Wheeler and Grant, deputy surveyors of said District.
Date:
[1775?]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local):
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Subjects:
Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Boston Bay--Early works to 1800
Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Boston Harbor--Early works to 1800
Boston Bay (Mass.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Boston Harbor (Mass.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Manuscript maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Boston Harbor
Extent:
col. map 59 x 55 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. 1:48,000
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/gm71002188
Notes:
Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings and color.
Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
Has watermark.
LCCN:
gm 71002188