Map A chart of the Gulf Stream

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • A chart of the Gulf Stream

Names

  • Poupard, James.
  • Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.

Created / Published

  • [Philadelphia, Pa. : American Philosophical Society, 1786?]

Headings

  • -  Gulf Stream--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Atlantic Ocean--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  North Atlantic Ocean--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Nautical charts--Gulf Stream--Early works to 1800
  • -  Nautical charts--North Atlantic Ocean--Early works to 1800
  • -  Gulf Stream
  • -  Atlantic Ocean
  • -  North Atlantic Ocean

Notes

  • -  Appears in the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 1786.
  • -  Includes inset of North Atlantic and text in left margin "Remarks upon the navigation from Newfoundland to New-York, in order to avoid the Gulph Stream on one hand, and on the other the shoals that lie to the southward of Nantucket and of St. George's Banks," by B. Franklin.
  • -  Mounted on cloth.
  • -  Upper right margin: plate 5. Lower margin: facing page 315.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Copy imperfect: Mended triangular loss in upper margin.

Medium

  • 1 map ; 21 x 26 cm., on sheet 29 x 46 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G9112.G8P5 1786 .P6

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2004627238

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Poupard, James, and Benjamin Franklin. A chart of the Gulf Stream. [Philadelphia, Pa.: American Philosophical Society, ?, 1786] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004627238/.

APA citation style:

Poupard, J. & Franklin, B. (1786) A chart of the Gulf Stream. [Philadelphia, Pa.: American Philosophical Society, ?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2004627238/.

MLA citation style:

Poupard, James, and Benjamin Franklin. A chart of the Gulf Stream. [Philadelphia, Pa.: American Philosophical Society, ?, 1786] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2004627238/>.