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The University of Georgia
Department of Room 204,GGS Building
Geography Athens, Georgia 30602 USA
Franklin College of Arts and Sciences (404) 542-2856
July 14, 1992
Howard Kleinberg
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14520 Southwest 79th Court
Miami FL 33158
Dear Mr. Kleinberg:
Thank you for your letter of July 8, 1992. I'm glad to learn of your
research and book on Miami Beach. I'll try to answer some of your queries.
To U e best of my knowledge there are no detailed maps of the Miami-
Biscayne Bay region that pre-date those done in the 1760's by DeBrahm. The
1760's cartography is not included in my book, DeBrahm's Report (Columbia,
S.C. , 1971) . I did, however, publish a good photograph of his "Cape Florida
according to the Surveys made May 13 & 29 1765" in an article titled "Wayward
Ocean River," The Geographical Magazine (April, 1980) pp. 506-07.
For Romans' spelling of Boca Ratones/Rattones check Notes on the Life
and Works of Bernard Romans [Facsimile of the 1924 edition] ed. by John D.
Ware (Univ. Presses of Florida, 1975). I can't add anything beyond what is
included. You might check with specialists in the Geography and Map Division
at the Library of congress on the possibility of a change being introduced in
the preparation of the facsimile.
Roland Chardon may have taken his spelling from a manuscript map by
DeBrahm found at Harvard. For information on the Harvard material see pp. 44-
47 and 273 in DeBrahm's Report.
I hope Lhat his may be of some assistance in your work. Please extend
my best regards to Joe Fitzgerald.
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Sincerely,
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Louis
Professor Emeritus
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