COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
11134
accession_number
11134
Accession Number
false
File Name:
11134-004
file_name
11134-004
File Name
false
Call number:
Cabinet Cb798 /2
call_number
Cabinet Cb798 /2
Call number
false
Map title:
[lower left part of a map of Massachusetts]
map_title
[lower left part of a map of Massachusetts]
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
Boston
place_of_publication
Boston
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
Published and sold by O. Carleton and I. Norman
publisher
Published and sold by O. Carleton and I. Norman
Publisher
false
Publication date:
[1798?]
publication_date
[1798?]
Publication date
false
Item description:
Engraved map on 4 sheets
item_description
Engraved map on 4 sheets
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Map of Massachusetts. Includes Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Shows distance of each town from Boston and the shire town. Prime meridian: Washington. Relief shown pictorially. "Explanation" at lower center.
geographical_description
Map of Massachusetts. Includes Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Shows distance of each town from Boston and the shire town. Prime meridian: Washington. Relief shown pictorially. "Explanation" at lower center.
Geographical description
false
Source author:
Carleton, Osgood, 1742-1816
source_author
Carleton, Osgood, 1742-1816
Source author
false
Source title:
An accurate map of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts exclusive of the District of Maine. Compiled pursuant to an act of the General Court from actual surveys of the several towns &c. taken by their order ; exhibiting the boundary lines of the Commonwealth, the counties and towns, the principal roads, rivers, mountains, mines, islands, rocks, shoals, channels, lakes, ponds, falls, mills, manufactures & public buildings, with the true latitudes & longitudes, &c. by Osgood Carleton
source_title
An accurate map of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts exclusive of the District of Maine. Compiled pursuant to an act of the General Court from actual surveys of the several towns &c. taken by their order ; exhibiting the boundary lines of the Commonwealth, the counties and towns, the principal roads, rivers, mountains, mines, islands, rocks, shoals, channels, lakes, ponds, falls, mills, manufactures & public buildings, with the true latitudes & longitudes, &c. by Osgood Carleton
Source title
false
Source place:
Boston : Published and sold by O. Carleton and I. Norman, [1798?]
source_place
Boston : Published and sold by O. Carleton and I. Norman, [1798?]
Source place
false
Cartobibliographic notes:
Produced under contract with the Massachusetts General Court on the basis of maps drawn by each town pursuant to a resolution (originated on Carleton's recommendation) of June 26, 1794; scale to be 4 mi. to the inch (1:253,440); finished work not accepted in this form by the General Court on account of alleged defects in the engraving. Cf. Susan L. Danforth, "The first official maps of Maine and Massachusetts," Imago mundi 35 (1983) p. 37-57. Scale calculated from bar: 1 in. to ca. 4.44 mi.; calculated from graticule: ca. 1:268,950; 40.9 cm./degree of latitude.
cartobibliographic_notes
Produced under contract with the Massachusetts General Court on the basis of maps drawn by each town pursuant to a resolution (originated on Carleton's recommendation) of June 26, 1794; scale to be 4 mi. to the inch (1:253,440); finished work not accepted in this form by the General Court on account of alleged defects in the engraving. Cf. Susan L. Danforth, "The first official maps of Maine and Massachusetts," Imago mundi 35 (1983) p. 37-57. Scale calculated from bar: 1 in. to ca. 4.44 mi.; calculated from graticule: ca. 1:268,950; 40.9 cm./degree of latitude.
Cartobibliographic notes
false
References:
Wheat & Brun, no. 214; NYPL 6:109; WLCL 3:429; BMPM 9/726
references
Wheat & Brun, no. 214; NYPL 6:109; WLCL 3:429; BMPM 9/726
References
false
Geographic Area:
North America
geographic_area
North America
Geographic Area
false
Scale 1:
ca. 281,560
scale_1
ca. 281,560
Scale 1
false
Normalized date:
1798
normalized_date
1798
Normalized date
false
LC bibliographic number:
b53847428
lc_bibliographic_number
b53847428
LC bibliographic number
false
Creator:
Carleton, Osgood, 1742-1816
creator
Carleton, Osgood, 1742-1816
Creator
false