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Buzzards Bay and shoals of Nantucket

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Creator	Knight, John
Date	[1778]
Scale	Scale ca. 1:100,000
Language	English
Location	Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local)	Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Subjects	Buzzards Bay (Mass. : Bay)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800 Nantucket Sound (Mass.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800 Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Buzzards Bay (Bay)--Early works to 1800 Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Nantucket Sound--Early works to 1800 Coasts--Massachusetts--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places	Buzzards Bay Massachusetts North and Central America United States
Extent	col. map on sheet 55 x 101 cm.
Terms and License	No known copyright restrictions. This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
Notes	Title on verso: Nantucket Shoals and Buzzards's Bay by Lieutt. Knight, 1778. Soundings shown in fathoms. Manuscript, pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor. Watermark: Large fleur-de-lis in a shield surmounted by a crown over an undecipherable figure, all of which are over the letters GR and J. Whatman.