A chart of the Gulf Stream /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Poupard, James., Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Format: Map
Language:English
Published: [Philadelphia, Pa. : American Philosophical Society] 1786
Subjects:
Nautical charts > Gulf Stream > Early works to 1800
Nautical charts > North Atlantic Ocean > Early works to 1800
Gulf Stream > Maps > Early works to 1800
Atlantic Ocean > Maps > Early works to 1800
North Atlantic Ocean > Maps > Early works to 1800
Nantucket
The Shoals
Newfoundland
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g9112g.ct000136
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Summary: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. Copy imperfect: Mended triangular loss in upper margin.

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