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Map Plano de Philadelphia

About this Item

Title

  • Plano de Philadelphia

Names

  • Fisher, Joshua, 1707-1783

Created / Published

  • [177-?]

Headings

  • -  Nautical charts--Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.)--Early works to 1800
  • -  Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Nautical charts--Delaware River Watershed (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)--Early works to 1800
  • -  Delaware River Watershed (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--Delaware--Delaware Bay
  • -  United States--New Jersey--Delaware Bay
  • -  United States--Delaware--Delaware River Watershed
  • -  United States--New York (State)--Delaware River Watershed
  • -  United States--New Jersey--Delaware River Watershed

Genre

  • Manuscript maps

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:220,000.
  • -  Manuscript, pen and ink.
  • -  Copied from Joshua Fishers' "To the merchants & insurers of the city of Philadelphia, this chart of Delaware Bay and river."
  • -  Depths shown in fathoms.
  • -  Oriented with north to the right.
  • -  Shows shipping channels.
  • -  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1353
  • -  AACR2

Medium

  • map 49 x 72 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3832.D4P5 1756 .P5

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 74691685

Online Format

  • image

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