Remarques sur la navigation de terre-neuve à New-York afin d'eviter les courrants et les bas-fonds au sud de Nantuckett et du Banc de George [map].

Author
Le Rouge, Georges-Louis [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
French
Published/​Created
A Paris : Chés Le Rouge, rue des Grands Augustine ..., [ca. 1785]
Description
  • Scale not given (W 83°00ʹ00ʺ--W 34°00ʹ00ʺ/N 55°20ʹ00ʺ--N 23°40ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map ; 32 x 36 cm. on sheet 46 x 61 cm.

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Notes
"Based on Timothy Folger's original annotations ... It would appear that [Benjamin] Franklin added little or nothing beyond the red lines which indicated the portion to be reproduced ..."--De Vorsey, L. Pioneer charting of the Gulf Stream, in Imago mundi, 28 (1976), p. 107.
References
  • De Vorsey, L. Gulf Stream on eighteenth century maps and charts, in The Map collector, 15 (1980), p. 7
  • De Vorsey, L. Pioneer charting of the Gulf Stream, in Imago mundi, 28 (1976), p. 105-120
OCLC
17745755
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