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A new and correct chart of the coast of East Florida, and part of West Florida and Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Florida or Cannel of Bahama, Bahama Islands or Lucayos, Bahama Banks and Martyrs, with the soundings, roks, banks, currents, shoals & nautical remarks, composed from a great number of new actual surveys and other original materials, regulated and corrected by astronomical observations, 1784

 Item — Container: Closed Stacks, Drawer: 32
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-105

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates

  • 1784

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research during scheduled appointments. Researchers must complete the Washington Library’s Special Collections and Archives Registration Form before access is provided. The library reserves the right to restrict access to certain items for preservation purposes.

Extent

1 Sheets : 1 chart ; 58 x 111 cm

Language of Materials

English

Dutch; Flemish

Reference numbers

Client reference #166; WAG #289346

Provenance

Richard Arkway, 13 July 1999.

Related references

LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 219

Additional details

Scale [ca. 1:1,080,000]. Prime meridians: Paris, Tenerife, and Greenwich. Relief shown by hachures. Depth shown by soundings. Inset: A plan of St. Augustine. "These charts are followed, according tho them executed by order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty in England." Chart in English. Scale bar in Dutch.

Condition

Some light wear.

Created/Published

Amsterdam : G. H. van Keulen, 1784

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections at The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon Repository

Contact:
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Mount Vernon VA 22121
703-799-3600