Bernard Romans Map of Florida, 1774.

Name/Title

Bernard Romans Map of Florida, 1774.

Entry/Object ID

2020.003.045

Tags

Library Rare books collection as of June 4 2023

Description

1 map in 13 sheets ; 56 x 71 cm. folded in cover 37 x 30 cm. Cover title. Relief shown by profiles. Depths shown by soundings and shading. Includes descriptive text, profile diagrams, insets, and illustrations; sailing directions and navigational notes. Shows coastlines of Florida and Cuba, and nearby islands in the Gulf of Mexico. Insets, Map 1: View of Fort St. Marks, at Apalache seen from the Southward. ___ a Squall rising over the Land -- View of the Entrance of St. Mary's River. "To the Marine Society of the City of New York in the Province of New York in North America this Chart is humbly inscribed by their most Obedt. Servant, B. Romans."

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Nautical charts -- Florida -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles., Nautical charts -- Southern States -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles., Nautical charts -- Mexico, Gulf of -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles., Coasts -- Florida -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles., Florida -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles.

Publication Details

Author

Romans, Bernard 1741? ca. 1784.

Publisher

Reproduced by the Columbia Planograph Co.

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Washington, D. C.

Call No.

Rare Book G3931 .R663 1774a