LarkAndCerberusWreckMap.jpg


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Description Detail from a 1778 map, drawn by a French military engineer, showing the precise Wreck Sites of HMS Cerberus and HMS Lark , two Royal Navy frigates scuttled upon the arrival of a French fleet in July 1778.
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Source NOAA Ocean Explorer: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08auvfest/background/history/media/rev_war_map.html
Author A French engineer named Fage
Object location 41° 35′ 04″ N, 71° 18′ 19″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info

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41°35'3.998"N, 71°18'19.001"W

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