Chart of the Gulf Stream

"Remarks upon the navigation from Newfoundland to New York, in order to avoid the Gulph Stream ... this draft of that stream was obtained from ... Capt. Folger, and caused to be engraved on the old chart in London for the benefit of navigators, by B. Franklin ..."--Text in right margin.
Based on the Franklin-Folger chart of the Gulf Stream printed in London by John Mount and Thomas Page, ca. 1768; cf. OCLC 12238487.
Also based on map engraved by James Poupard, with nearly identical text in left margin, issued in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia,1786; see Wheat and Brun, Maps and charts published in America before 1800 (1969), page 157, number 721.
Scale approximately 1:14,300,000.
Inset (8 x 11 cm.): Atlantic Ocean
Published in Philosophical and miscellaneous papers / lately written by B. Franklin. London : C. Dilly, 1787 in the paper: A letter from Dr. Benjamin Franklin, to Mr. Alphonsus le Roy, member of several academies, at Paris. -- pages 94-142. For notes on the Gulf Stream see pages 121-126.
"To face page 122"--Upper right margin.

Contained In:

In: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Philosophical and miscellaneous papers. --London : Printed for C. Dilly, 1787 --facing page 122

Referenced In:

Cf. Wheat and Brun, Maps and charts published in America before 1800 (1969), page 157, number 721.

Citation

Folger, Timothy, "Chart of the Gulf Stream", in Benjamin Franklin, Philosophical and Miscellaneous Papers (London : Printed for C. Dilly, 1787), facing page 122. Case AC7 .F7 no.1

Newberry Call Number:

Case AC7 .F7 no.1

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Geographic Area Covered:

Atlantic Ocean--Gulf Stream, North Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

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Digital reproduction of: 1 map ; 18 x 24 cm., on sheet 20 x 36 cm., folded to 20 x 13 cm.

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