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Plano de Philadelphia. Historic map, Library of Congress nautical chart

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Plano de Philadelphia. Historic map, Library of Congress nautical chart

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Summary

Scale ca. 1:220,000.
Manuscript, pen and ink.
Copied from Joshua Fishers' "To the merchants & insurers of the city of Philadelphia, this chart of Delaware Bay and river."
Depths shown in fathoms.
Oriented with north to the right.
Shows shipping channels.
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1353
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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AACR2

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Date

01/01/1756
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Contributors

Fisher, Joshua, 1707-1783.
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Source

Library of Congress
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Copyright info

Public Domain

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