Collection Items
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MapA new chart of the River St. Lawrence from the Island of Anticosti to Quebec and continued from thence to Lake Ontario Shows routes of navigation, anchorages, rocks and islands in the river, shoals, bays and inlets, some soundings, place-names, and relief. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. From the Scots Magazine (September, 1759), volume 20. LC maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789, 237 Includes insets: A plan of Quebec, Metropolis of Canada (scale approximately 1:10,000)...
- Contributor: Phin, Thomas - Scots Magazine, Limited
- Date: 1759-01-01
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Map[Coast of Rhode Island and Long Island from Narragansett Bay to Peconic Bay Scale ca. 1:115,000. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Soundings shown in feet. Shows coast of most of Rhode Island, small portion of Connecticut, and part of Long Island from Narragansett Bay to Peconic Bay. LC copy imperfect: Incomplete and deterioration along folds. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1006 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault...
- Contributor: Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet)
- Date: 1779
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Map[Coast of Rhode Island and Long Island from Narragansett Bay to Peconic Bay Scale ca. 1:115,000. Relief shown by hachures. Soundings shown in feet. Shows coast of most of Rhode Island, small portion of Connecticut, and part of Long Island from Narragansett Bay to Peconic Bay. LC copy imperfect: Incomplete, deterioration along fold, and brittle on edges. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1005 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image....
- Contributor: Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet)
- Date: 1779
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MapCarte de l'entrée de la rivière d'Hudson, dépuis Sandy-Hook jusques à New-York avec les bancs, sondes, marques de navigation &c. Scale ca. 1:70,000. Hand colored. Depths shown by soundings. Relief shown by land form drawings. Includes "Avertissement." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1230 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Sartine, Antoine De - France. Dépôt Des Cartes Et Plans De La Marine
- Date: 1778-01-01
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MapCarte de l'entrée de la rivière d'Hudson, dépuis Sandy-Hook jusques à New-York avec les bancs, sondes, marques de navigation &c. Scale ca. 1:70,000. Depths shown by soundings. Relief shown by land form drawings. "339." Includes "Avertissement." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1229 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Sartine, Antoine De - France. Dépôt Des Cartes Et Plans De La Marine
- Date: 1778-01-01
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MapA plan of the east part of Long Island Sound from remarks made on board His Majesty's ship the Lark, A.D. 1777. Scale ca. 1:127,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy annotated: By Lieutt. Knatchbull, Recd. 31 Jany. 1778. Includes directions for navigation and profile "The appearance of Montoc Point and the land to the w[es]tward diste. 3 leag. off shore." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1228 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as...
- Contributor: Knatchbull, Charles
- Date: 1777-01-01
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Map[A chart of New York Island & North River: East River, passage through Hell Gate, Flushing Bay, Hampstead Bay, Oyster, Huntington Bay, Cow Harbour, East Chester Inlet, Rochell, Rye, Patrick Islands, ec Scale ca. 1:50,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy incomplete: Western half missing. Shows Long Island north shore from Eaton's Neck west to Cow Bay. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet)
- Date: 1770
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MapPlano de Philadelphia 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 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
- Contributor: Fisher, Joshua
- Date: 1756
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MapA chart of Delaware Bay and River, containing a full & exact description of the shores, creeks, harbours, soundings, shoals, sands, and bearings of the most considerable land marks, from the cape ... Scale ca. 1:280,000. Oriented with north to the right. Depths shown by soundings. Includes text and "Tide table." Accompanied by: Directions for navigating up Delaware-Bay from the capes to Reedy-Island by Capt. James Campbell. 2 p. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1355 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Fisher, Joshua - Faden, William
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapBaye de la Delaware avec les ports, sondes, dangers, bancs, &c. depuis les caps jusqu'à Philadelphie Scale ca. 1:230,000. Oriented with north to the right. Depths shown by soundings. Includes inset of Philadelphia, text, and "Table des marées." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1357 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
- Contributor: Fisher, Joshua - Le Rouge, Georges-Louis
- Date: 1777-01-01