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Map [Chart of Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound

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Title

  • [Chart of Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound

Names

  • Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1729-1824

Created / Published

  • London] 1776.

Headings

  • -  Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Buzzards Bay (Bay)--Early works to 1800
  • -  Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Vineyard Sound--Early works to 1800
  • -  Buzzards Bay (Mass. : Bay)--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Vineyard Sound (Mass.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--Massachusetts--Buzzards Bay (Bay)
  • -  United States--Massachusetts--Vineyard Sound

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:51,500.
  • -  Hand colored.
  • -  Depths shown by soundings.
  • -  "The soundings and nautical remarks in this chart are laid down from observations &c. of Lieutenant Knight of the Navy."
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2

Medium

  • col. map 105 x 75 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3762.B8P5 1776 .D4

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 77693977

Online Format

  • image

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Des Barres, Joseph F. W. Chart of Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound. [London, 1776] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/77693977/.

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