This harbour of Boston

This harbour of Boston

Item Information

Title:
This harbour of Boston
Title (alt.):
Harbour of Boston
Fac-simile of the earliest known chart of Boston Harbor
Chart of Boston Harbor
Creator:
Wells, Phillip.
Name on Item:
with soundings without & comings in are laid down as taken by Captain John Fayrwether, Captn. Thomas Smith, Captn. Timothy Armitage, Captn. Joseph Eldridge Masters, and Phillip Wells, imployed for the same by His Excellency Sr. Edmund Andros Knight, Captain General and Governour in Chief of his Majesties Territory & Dominion of New England in [Am]erica.
Date:
[1893?]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Boston Harbor (Mass.)--Maps--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles
Places:
Massachusetts > Boston Harbor
Extent:
1 map : color ; 55 x 43 cm + 1 page (29 cm)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cj82kx712
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[Boston] : [Massachusetts Historical Society]
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:63,360
Language:
English
Notes:
Facsimile of the original at the Library of the City of Boston.
Depth shown by soundings.
Oriented with north towards the upper right.
Accompanied by note by Abner C. Goodell Jr., given in advance of its publication in the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Original version: [1688?].
Identifier:
06_01_009968
Call #:
G3762.B65 1688 .W45 1893
Barcode:
39999065666420