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Map Maps of East and West Florida.

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Title

  • Maps of East and West Florida.

Names

  • Romans, Bernard, 1741?-approximately 1784.

Created / Published

  • [New York, 1781]

Headings

  • -  Nautical charts--Florida--Early works to 1800
  • -  Nautical charts--Southern States--Early works to 1800
  • -  Coasts--Southern States--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Coasts--Florida--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Shipwrecks--Southern States--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Shipwrecks--Florida--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Treasure troves--Southern States--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Treasure troves--Florida--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--Florida
  • -  United States--Southern States

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:500,000.
  • -  Cover title.
  • -  Alternate title from Peter Force's catalog of printed maps: Florida and its vicinity.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
  • -  "To the Marine Society of the city of New York ...; To the hon'ble, the planters in Jamaica ...; To all commanders of vessels round the globe ... "
  • -  Drawn in 1774, but was not published until 1781, 6 years after the author's A concise natural history of East and West Florida, to which it belongs.
  • -  Includes sailing directions, notes on some shipwrecks, 9 land identification profiles, "View of the entrance of St. Mary's River," and "View of Fort St. Marks, at Apalache seen from th[e so]uthward ... "
  • -  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1622
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2

Medium

  • 2 maps on 3 sheets 237 x 80 cm. or smaller fold. in cover 64 & 48 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3931.P5 s500 .R6

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 75692297

Online Format

  • image

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Romans, Bernard, 1741?-Approximately 1784. Maps of East and West Florida. [New York, 1781] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/75692297/.

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Romans, B. (1781) Maps of East and West Florida. [New York] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/75692297/.

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Romans, Bernard, 1741?-Approximately 1784. Maps of East and West Florida. [New York, 1781] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/75692297/>.