Chart of Nantucket Island and the eastern half of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, 1776 – Antique Map Print
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Chart of Nantucket Island and the eastern half of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, 1776 comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Chart of Nantucket Island and the eastern half of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, 1776
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Nantucket and the eastern half of Martha's Vineyard in 1776 were sea communities whose livelihoods rested on the water. Nantucket's whaling fleet, built on sperm oil and whale products, sailed from its harbor to distant grounds, and Quaker merchants there handled much of the trade. The war was disrupting those routes, as British warships patrolled the coast and Atlantic voyages grew risky. Edgartown, on the Vineyard, was also a whaling and shipping port, and island men knew the shoals and channels around both islands intimately. A chart of these waters would have mattered to pilots, privateers and naval officers who needed to read the dangerous shallows safely.
| Created / published | 1776 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Massachusetts |
| Original scan | 12,889 × 9,119 px · prints to 43 × 30 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | MA Chart of Nantucket Island and the eastern half of Martha's Vineyard 1776 |
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