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Smallest boats are cover'd with skins ... having in the middle a Hole, wherein a Man fits.

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Title
Smallest boats are cover'd with skins ... having in the middle a Hole, wherein a Man fits.
Names
Ogilby, John, 1600-1676 (Author)
Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683 (Cartographer)
Collection

Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlases

Atlases

America: being the latest, and most accurate description of the Nevv vvorld: containing the original of the inhabitants, and the remarkable voyages thither...

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1671
Place: London
Publisher: Printed by the author, and are to be had at his house
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 97-6451 [LHS 3050, in atlas cases]
Topics
America
West Indies, British -- History
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: "The smallest ones (boats) are cover'd just in the same manner (with skins), much resembling a Weavers Shuttle, having in the middle a Hole, wherein a Man fits, who drawing the Cover of the Boat about his Waste by Strings, with one Oar makes swift Passage."
Physical Description
Engravings
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14467885
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8b95a130-c5d4-012f-e6e2-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1600: Creator Born
  • 1671: Issued
  • 1676: Creator Died
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Smallest boats are cover'd with skins ... having in the middle a Hole, wherein a Man fits." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1671. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-f5a1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1671). Smallest boats are cover'd with skins ... having in the middle a Hole, wherein a Man fits. Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-f5a1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Smallest boats are cover'd with skins ... having in the middle a Hole, wherein a Man fits.