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.

Creator:
Le Rouge, Georges-Louis
Published/Created:
A Paris :
Chéz Le Rouge, rue des Grands Augustine ...,
[ca. 1785]
Physical Description:
1 map ; 32 x 35 cm.
Notes:
Described as an untitled French translation of an unknown Mount and Page chart annotated by Benjamin Franklin in preparation for publication in London in De Vorsey's Imago mundi article.
Includes text, shows latitude and longitude figures in right and bot
Topics:
Nautical charts--Atlantic Coast (North America)--Early works to 1800
Topics:
Gulf Stream--Maps--Early works to 1800
Topics:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Language:
French
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:12,300,000]
Coordinates:
a
12300000
-085.000000
-035.000000
061.000000
023.500000
(W 85°--W 35°/N 61°--N 23°30').
Genre:
Nautical charts
Format:
Map
Content Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Rights:
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
Access Restrictions:
Public
Call Number:
755cea 1780L
Folder:
BRBL_00441
Orbis Record:
7981023
Orbis Barcode:
39002091119140
Yale Collection:
Beinecke Library
Digital Collection:
General Collection, BRBL, Yale University
oid pointer:
15639364
Citation:
De Vorsey, L. Pioneer charting of the Gulf Stream, in Imago mundi, 28 (1976), p. 105-120
De Vorsey, L. Gulf Stream on eighteenth century maps and charts, in The Map collector, 15 (1980), p. 7
Extent of digitization:
Complete work digitized.
OID:
15604181
PID:
digcoll:4377218