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Map Plan d'une partie de la rade de Boston pour faire connaitre le dispositif de ses deffenses.

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Title

  • Plan d'une partie de la rade de Boston pour faire connaitre le dispositif de ses deffenses.

Created / Published

  • [1778]

Headings

  • -  Boston Bay (Mass.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  Boston Harbor (Mass.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscript maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--Massachusetts--Boston Bay

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:42,000.
  • -  Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
  • -  Has watermark.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  "Legende" includes positions of vessels of French fleet, by name and commander.
  • -  Accompanied by: Partie extraite d'un Memoire général sur Boston.
  • -  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 938
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2: 440; 651/1; 650/2

Medium

  • col. map 21 x 48 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3762.B6S3 1778 .P5

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • gm71000979

Online Format

  • image

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