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1. Carte particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie, la Nouvelle Iarsey orient et occidentale.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1693 and 1710?]
- Call Number:
- 783 1711
- Container / Volume:
- BRBL_00691
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Maps, Atlases & Globes
- Alternative Title:
- Neptune françois, ou, Atlas nouveau des cartes marines.
- Description:
- Appears in: Le Neptune françois, ou, Atlas nouveau des cartes marines, various eds., Covers coasts of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New, Described in Coolie Verner's Printed maps of Virginia, 1590-1800, p. 402., Nautical chart., and Oriented with north to right.
- Publisher:
- Chez P. Mortier,
- Subject (Geographic):
- Middle Atlantic States--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Subject (Name):
- Mortier, Pierre
- Subject (Topic):
- Coasts, Coasts--Delaware--Maps--Early works to 1800, Coasts--Maryland--Maps--Early works to 1800, Coasts--New Jersey--Maps--Early works to 1800, and Nautical charts--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--Early works to 1800
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carte particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie, la Nouvelle Iarsey orient et occidentale.
2. Documents concerning ship captains and shipping, 1762-circa 1809
- Call Number:
- OSB MSS 155
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 30
- Abstract:
- Manuscript documents and letters, illustrating the daily life and responsibilities of sea captains in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The collection includes documents relating to Captain Robert Poultney in Jamaica and letters on personal and naval matters addressed to Captain John Wainwright. Also included are descriptions of coastal areas and navigation hazzards, documents relating to obtaining supplies, a ship's newsletter, and a colored map ("Rochfort et les Environs").
- Description:
- Robert Poultney was the captain of the ship Loretta in Jamaica in 1762-1764., John Wainwright of the Royal Navy served in the East Indies and the Mediterranean, fought throughout the Napoleonic Wars, and is remembered for the destruction of the pirate town Ras-al-Kayma while captain of the ship Chiffonne., and In English, with one letter in French.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Mediterranean Region and Brittany (France)
- Subject (Name):
- Poultney, Robert., Wainwright, John, Captain., Chiffonne (Ship), Great Britain. Royal Navy, and Loretta (Ship)
- Subject (Topic):
- Officers, Sea life, Aids to navigation, Coasts, Navigation, Seafaring life, Ship captains, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Documents concerning ship captains and shipping, 1762-circa 1809
