A sand draught of New-York Harbour / by Phillip Wells. [ca. 1687]

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A sand draught of New-York Harbour / by Phillip Wells. [ca. 1687]

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Nautical chart compiled by Phillip Wells, active as a coastal surveyor in New England during the 1680s. Probably compiled in 1687; cf. photo of his Boston Harbor chart at the Boston Public Library (Newberry map1F oG3764.B6P55 1687 W4 1986) and see Bulletin of the Public Library of Boston v. 12 no. 92 (April 1893) p. [89]-[90]. See also typescript notes by David Buisseret in Map Information File, and photo of Wells' 1686 chart of the Atlantic coast held by the British Library; photo forms part of the Louis C. Karpinski Map Collection (Newberry Library).

1 ms. map : hand col. ; 550 x 427 mm.

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