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Map A chart of Delawar River from Bombay Hook to Ridley Creek, with soundings &c taken by Lt. Knight of the Navy

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Title

  • A chart of Delawar River from Bombay Hook to Ridley Creek, with soundings &c taken by Lt. Knight of the Navy

Names

  • Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1729-1824
  • Knight, John
  • Hunter, John, 1737-1821

Created / Published

  • [London] 1779.

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:75,000.
  • -  Depths shown by soundings.
  • -  Includes "A plan of Delawar River from Chester to Philadelphia, shewing the situation of His Majesty's ships &c on the 15th Novr. 1777. Surveyed and sounded by Lieutenant John Hunter of the Navy," ca. 1:29,000, and index to defenses.
  • -  Two copies. Copy 1, land areas done in a wash. Copy 2, outlined in yellow.
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2: 100; 650/1; 651/2; 700/2

Medium

  • col. map 77 x 56 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3792.D44P5 1779 .D4

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 75696335

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Des Barres, Joseph F. W, John Knight, and John Hunter. A chart of Delawar River from Bombay Hook to Ridley Creek, with soundings &c taken by Lt. Knight of the Navy. [London, 1779] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/75696335/.

APA citation style:

Des Barres, J. F. W., Knight, J. & Hunter, J. (1779) A chart of Delawar River from Bombay Hook to Ridley Creek, with soundings &c taken by Lt. Knight of the Navy. [London] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/75696335/.

MLA citation style:

Des Barres, Joseph F. W, John Knight, and John Hunter. A chart of Delawar River from Bombay Hook to Ridley Creek, with soundings &c taken by Lt. Knight of the Navy. [London, 1779] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/75696335/>.