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Map A chart of Delaware Bay and River : from the original

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Title

  • A chart of Delaware Bay and River : from the original

Summary

  • Nautical chart showing shoals, tidal flats, ship channels, shoreline anchorages, and port towns up to Philadelphia.

Names

  • Fisher, Joshua, 1707-1783.

Created / Published

  • [London] : [publisher not identified], [1779?]

Headings

  • -  Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.)--Mapv--Early works to 1800
  • -  Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--Delaware--Delaware Bay
  • -  United States--New Jersey--Delaware Bay
  • -  United States--Delaware--Delaware River
  • -  United States--New Jersey--Delaware River

Genre

  • Nautical charts
  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Oriented with north to the right.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Mounted on cloth backing, fold-lined, trimmed at lower edge.
  • -  LC Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies 1750-1789, 1372
  • -  Includes bar scales in statute and nautical miles.
  • -  2 copies

Medium

  • 1 map ; 19 x 23 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3832.D4P5 1776 .F6
  • G3832.D4P5 1776 .F6 Copy 2 mounted on cloth backing, fold-lined, lightly soiled, torn along right-hand/lower sheet edges.

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2013593289

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Fisher, Joshua. A chart of Delaware Bay and River: from the original. [London: publisher not identified, ?, 1776] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593289/.

APA citation style:

Fisher, J. (1776) A chart of Delaware Bay and River: from the original. [London: publisher not identified, ?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593289/.

MLA citation style:

Fisher, Joshua. A chart of Delaware Bay and River: from the original. [London: publisher not identified, ?, 1776] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2013593289/>.