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Maps of East and West Florida. B. Romans, inv. delin. & in Ære incidit.

Romans, Bernard, ca. 1720-ca. 1784.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[New York, 1781]

NOTES
Scale ca. 1:500,000.

Cover title.

Alternate title from Peter Force's catalog of printed maps: Florida and its vicinity.

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.

"To the Marine Society of the city of New York ...; To the hon'ble, the planters in Jamaica ...; To all commanders of vessels round the globe ... "

Drawn in 1774, but was not published until 1781, 6 years after the author's A concise natural history of East and West Florida, to which it belongs.

Includes sailing directions, notes on some shipwrecks, 9 land identification profiles, "View of the entrance of St. Mary's River," and "View of Fort St. Marks, at Apalache seen from th[e so]uthward ... "

Reference: LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1622

SUBJECTS
Nautical charts--Southern States--Early works to 1800.
Nautical charts--Florida--Early works to 1800.
Coasts--Southern States--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Coasts--Florida--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Shipwrecks--Southern States--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Shipwrecks--Florida--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Treasure troves--Southern States--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Treasure troves--Florida--Maps--Early works to 1800.
United States--Florida.
United States--Southern States.

RELATED TITLES
[Peter Force map collection ; 91, 91 1/2]
East and West Florida.
Florida and its vicinity.

MEDIUM
2 maps on 3 sheets 237 x 80 cm. or smaller fold. in cover 64 & 48 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G3861.P5 s500 .R6 Vault

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

DIGITAL ID
(Map 1) g3861p ar16220a http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3861p.ar16220a
(Map 2) g3931p ar16220b http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3931p.ar16220b

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