Carte de la Baye et Riviere de Délaware

France. Dépôt des cartes et plans de la marine

[1778]

Scale [ca. 1:31,000]

French

Boston Public Library

Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

• Nautical charts--Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.)--Early works to 1800
• Nautical charts--Delaware River Estuary--To 1800
• Nautical charts--Hudson River Estuary (N.Y. and N.J.)--To 1800
• Nautical charts--New York Bight (N.J. and N.Y.)--To 1800
• Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
• Delaware River Estuary--Maps--Early works to 1800
• Hudson River Estuary (N.Y. and N.J.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
• New York Bight (N.J. and N.Y.)--Maps--Early works to 1800

• Delaware Bay
• Delaware River
• Hudson River
• North and Central America

2 maps on 1 sheet ; 59 x 42 cm. and 59 x 44 cm., sheet 65 x 96 cm.

• No known copyright restrictions.
• No known restrictions on use.

• Relief shown by hachures (Hudson River map). Depths shown by soundings, shading, and form drawings.
• "Petit Sculpt."
• Delaware Bay and River map shows various ship channels from mouth of Delaware Bay to Philadelphia, shows Cape Henlopen as "Cap James" to the north of "Cap Henlopen," and includes text pertaining to tides and navigation.
• From the author's Neptune Americo-Septentrional [Paris, 1778-80].
• Previously stored in a box as no.4 in a set of 5 maps from the Neptune Americo-Septentrional.
• Includes map: Carte de l'entrée de la riviere d'Hudson, depuis Sandy-Hook jusques à New-York : avec les bancs, sondes, marques de navigation &c.