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Antique small-scale copperplate map / chart of the U.S. East Coast published by Spotswood and Nacrede from Boston in September 1796 in Malham's Naval Gazetteer. Indian tribal names are shown, particularly along the St. Lawrence River. These include the Iroquois, Algonkin, and Teniskamings.
Coverage is from the North Coast of Cuba, Florida and Bahamas past the Grand Bank to Labrador. Both lattitude and longitude clearly marked as well as numerous rhumb lines. Direction of prevailing current flow for the "Florida Stream" (Gulf Stream) is shown by arrows. Georges Bank is not labeled as such, unlike the later 1801 edition.
This sea chart comes from John Malham's antique nautical gazetteer or geographical dictionary produced first in England and after 1796 in the United States.
Rev. John Malham was a prolific Yorkshire-born author who produced other diverse works that include "Navigation Made Easy and Familiar", "Twenty-Two Sermons on Doctrinal and Practical Subjects" and "The Scarcity of Wheat considered". Malham died near London in 1807. (Gentleman's Magazine, Vol 102, 1807, p. 568).
PUBLICATION DATE: 1796
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States
BODY OF WATER: Atlantic Ocean
CONDITION: Good
Bottom edge torn. Left bottom corner less than 1/4" margin.
COLORING: None
ENGRAVER:
SIZE: 7
" x
9 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 0
PRICE: $
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