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Description A chart of Delaware Bay and River : containing a full and exact description of the shores, creeks, harbours, soundings, shoals, sands, and bearings of the most considerable land marks, from the capes to Philadelphia / taken from the original chart published at Philadelphia by Joshua Fisher ; engraved by William Faden, Charing Cross.; Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlases / Charts and maps
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"... according to Act of Parliament." ''Note 2.'') Appears in William Faden's North American atlas. ''Note 3.'') Depths shown by soundings. ''Note 4.'') Includes text and "Tide table." ''Note 5.'') Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 601. ''Note 6.'') National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard. ''Note 7.'') Oriented with north to the right.
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Map Div. 97-6367 [LHS 601]
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LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1355; Phillips. Maps of America, p. 262
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institution QS:P195,Q219555
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Joshua Fisher  (1707–1783)  wikidata:Q6289816
 
Description American merchant and cartographer
Date of birth/death 1707 Edit this at Wikidata 1 February 1783 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q6289816
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William Faden  (1749–1836)  wikidata:Q8008902
 
Alternative names
Faden & Jefferys
Description British cartographer and publisher
Date of birth/death circa 1750
date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 21 March 1836 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Shepperton
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From 1771: "Geographer to the King and to the Prince of Wales"
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creator QS:P170,Q8008902
-- Engraver
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From The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal Map Division. http://maps.nypl.org

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Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
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2-3-2004; updated 3-25-2011
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434492
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